THE RELATIONSHIP OF EARLY ALLIANCE RUPTURES AND THEIR RESOLUTION TO PROCESS AND OUTCOME IN THREE TIME-LIMITED PSYCHOTHERAPIES FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Psychotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-248

  Muran, J Christopher ^a   Safran, Jeremy D ^a,b   Gorman, Bernard S ^a,c   Samstag, Lisa Wallner ^a,d   Eubanks Carter, Catherine ^a   Winston, Arnold ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dropout status; personality disorders; rupture and resolution; therapeutic alliance; time limited psychotherapies; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF RELATIONAL THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 67651083643     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016085     Document Type: Article

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