Effectiveness of different modalities of psychotherapeutic treatment for patients with cluster C personality disorders: Results of a large prospective multicentre study

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-30

  Bartak, Anna ^a,c   Spreeuwenberg, Marieke D ^e,f   Andrea, Helene ^a,g   Holleman, Lot ^h   Rijnierse, Piet ^d   Rossum, Bert V ⁱ   Hamers, Elisabeth F M ^b   Meerman, Anke M M A ^j   Aerts, Janneke ^j   Busschbach, Jan J V ^a,g   Verheul, Roel ^b,c   Stijnen, Theo ^k   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^c  

^a Viersprong Institute for Studies on Personality Disorders VISPD   (Netherlands)

^b Centre of Psychotherapy de Viersprong

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d JellinekMentrum   (Netherlands)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Erasmus Medical Centre ^*

^g ZAANS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Altrecht GGZ   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Center of Psychotherapy de Gelderse Roos   (Netherlands)

^j GGZ WNB   (Netherlands)

^k LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Avoidant personality disorder; Compulsive personality disorder; Dependent personality disorder; Personality disorders; Psychotherapy; Treatment effectiveness; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350528540     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000254902     Document Type: Article

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