Dissociation predicts symptom-related treatment outcome in short-term inpatient psychotherapy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 682-687

  Spitzer, Carsten ^a   Barnow, Sven ^a   Freyberger, Harald J ^a   Grabe, Hans Joergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brief psychotherapy; Dissociation; Prospective study; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547566591     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701449146     Document Type: Article

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