Differences in men's and women's responses to short-term group psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-243

  Ogrodniczuk, John S ^a   Piper, William E ^a   Joyce, Anthony S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4344657026     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptr/kph019     Document Type: Article

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