A randomized controlled trial of mother-infant psychoanalytic treatment: I. Outcomes on self-report questionnaires and external ratings

Infant Mental Health Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-231

  Salomonsson, Björn ^a   Sandell, Rolf ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952398533     PISSN: 01639641     EISSN: 10970355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/imhj.20291     Document Type: Article

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