The role of alliance in the relationship between therapist competence and outcome in brief psychodynamic psychotherapy

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 362-367

  Despland, Jean Nicolas ^a   De Roten, Yves ^a   Drapeau, Martin ^b,c   Currat, Thierry ^a   Beretta, Véronique ^a   Kramer, Ueli ^a,d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DEPT UNIV DE PSYCHIATRIE ADULTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alliance; Outcome; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Therapist competence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHODYNAMIC INTERVENTION; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAINING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649407759     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181a20849     Document Type: Article

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