Length of treatment and patient clinical change in psychotherapy: The dose-effect relationship issue;Durée de traitement et évolution clinique en psychothérapie: Enjeux de la relation dose-effet

Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-26

  Ambresin, Gilles ^a,b   Zimmermann, G ^a   De Roten, Y ^a   Despland, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b DEPT UNIV DE PSYCHIATRIE ADULTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Dose effect relationship; Good enough level; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 61849108090     PISSN: 02587661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/sanp.2009.02031     Document Type: Review

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