Patients' outcome expectancies and their impression of suitability as predictors of treatment outcome

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-494

  Schulte, Dietmar ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Common factors; Depression; Outcome expectancies; Prediction of outcome; Suitability; Treatment motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT THERAPY EXPECTATION AND EVALUATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46949101765     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300801932505     Document Type: Article

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