Specificities of defense mechanisms in Bipolar Affective Disorder: Relations with symptoms and therapeutic alliance

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 675-681

  Kramer, Ueli ^a,d   De Roten, Yves ^a   Perry, J Christopher ^b,c   Despland, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER   (United States)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bipolar affective disorder; Defense mechanisms; Observer rater method; Psychodynamic psychotherapy; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349325684     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b3b224     Document Type: Article

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