An empirical study of countertransference reactions toward patients with personality disorders

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-230

  Rossberg, Jan Ivar ^a,b   Karterud, Sigmund ^a,b   Pedersen, Geir ^c   Friis, Svein ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Network of Psychotherapeutic Day Hospitals   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34147139318     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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