Therapists' and clients' perception of each other and working alliance in the behavioral treatment of panic disorder and agoraphobia

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 320-328

  Ramnerö, Jonas ^a   Öst, Lars Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 34047198489     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300600650852     Document Type: Article

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