Ideas of cure as a predictor of premature termination, early alliance and outcome in psychoanalytic psychotherapy

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-245

  Philips, Björn ^a,b   Wennberg, Peter ^b   Werbart, Andrzej ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENTS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250901809     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608306X128266     Document Type: Article

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