Case studies within a mixed methods paradigm: Toward a resolution of the alienation between researcher and practitioner in psychotherapy research

Psychotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-441

  Dattilio, Frank M ^a   Edwards, David J A ^b   Fishman, Daniel B ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case based psychotherapy research; Empirically supported treatments; Evidence based practice in psychology; Mixed methodologies; Systematic case studies

Indexed keywords

ALIENATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 78651404104     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021181     Document Type: Article

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