The process of change in cognitive therapy for depression: Predictors of early inter-session symptom gains

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 599-606

  Strunk, Daniel R ^a   Brotman, Melissa A ^b   DeRubeis, Robert J ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cognitive therapy; Depression; Patient; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953362375     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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