Therapist attitudes and beliefs relevant to client dropout revisited

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-186

  Pulford, Justin ^a,b   Adams, Peter ^a   Sheridan, Janie ^c  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Waitakere Hospital   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Client dropout; Perspective divergence; Therapist attitudes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 45449104761     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-007-9116-5     Document Type: Article

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