A content analysis of advertisements for psychotherapy workshops: Implications for disseminating empirically supported treatments

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-307

  Cook, Joan M ^a,c   Weingardt, Kenneth R ^b   Jaszka, Jacqueline ^b   Wiesner, Michael ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising; Education; Evidence based medicine; Marketing; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MARKETING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION; EMPIRICISM; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 41349118730     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20458     Document Type: Conference Paper

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