Effectiveness of child psychoanalytic psychotherapy in a clinical outpatient setting

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 290-301

  Deakin, Elisabeth Kuhn ^a   Nunes, Maria Lucia Tiellet ^b  

^a Pontificia Universidade Catolica do RGS ^*  (United States)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Effectiveness; Outcome; Psychoanalysis; Psychological evaluation; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FAILURE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BENDER TEST; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THOUGHT DISORDER; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 74749093997     PISSN: 0075417X     EISSN: 14699370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00754170903244621     Document Type: Article

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