Analyzing psychotherapy process as intersubjective sensemaking: An approach based on discourse analysis and neural networks

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 546-563

  Nitti, Mariangela ^a   Ciavolino, Enrico ^a   Salvatore, Sergio ^a   Gennaro, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competitive neural networks; Discourse flow analysis; Health services quality; Process research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CASE REPORT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956868120     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503301003641886     Document Type: Article

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