Alliance to the group-as-a-whole as a predictor of outcome in psychodynamic group therapy

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-184

  Lindgren, Annika ^a   Barber, Jacques P ^b   Sandahl, Christer ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 42149131735     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: 00207284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.2008.58.2.163     Document Type: Article

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