Countertransference reactions to adolescents with eating disorders: Relationships to clinician and patient factors

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 511-521

  Satir, Dana A ^a   Thompson Brenner, Heather ^a   Boisseau, Christina L ^a   Crisafulli, Michele A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Clinician attitudes; Countertransference; Eating disorders; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; BULIMIA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; PARENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; COMORBIDITY; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549103537     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20650     Document Type: Article

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