The effectiveness of long-term psychoanalytic therapy: A systematic review of empirical studies

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-23

  De Maat, Saskia ^a   De Jonghe, Frans ^a   Schoevers, Robert ^a   Dekker, Jack ^a,b  

^a JellinekMentrum   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic therapy; Psychotherapy; Review

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749099766     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220902742476     Document Type: Review

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