Inpatient treatment to online aftercare: E-mailing themes as a function of therapeutic outcomes

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-85

  Wolf, Markus ^a   Chung, Cindy K ^b   Kordy, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

E mail; Meaning extraction method; Psychotherapeutic aftercare; Text analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECREATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049122158     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300903179799     Document Type: Article

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