Responsiveness as an obstacle for psychotherapy outcome research: It's worse than you think

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-91

  Stiles, William B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dodo verdict; Psychotherapy outcome; RCTs; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749101557     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2009.01148.x     Document Type: Review

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