EARLY WITHDRAWAL FROM MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICE

Psychotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-267

  Barrett, Marna S ^a   Chua, Wee Jhong ^a   Crits Christoph, Paul ^a   Gibbons, Mary Beth ^a   Thompson, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Northwestern Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

community mental health; dropout; psychotherapy; review

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 46849086155     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.45.2.247     Document Type: Review

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