Patient and clinician perceptions of therapeutic alliance as predictors of improvement in depression

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 378-385

  De Bolle, Marleen ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey G ^b   De Fruyt, Filip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Major depressive disorder; Multilevel analysis; Symptom improvement; Therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; TIANEPTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956358130     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320895     Document Type: Article

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