The use of symptom severity measured just before termination to predict child treatment dropout

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 891-904

  Chasson, Gregory S ^a,b   Vincent, John P ^a   Harris, Gerald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Child psychotherapy; Exposure therapy; Trauma; Treatment dropouts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SYMPTOM SEVERITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 47049125288     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20494     Document Type: Article

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