No-shows, drop-outs and completers in psychotherapeutic treatment: Demographic and clinical predictors in a large sample of non-psychotic patients

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-191

  Fenger, Morten ^a,c   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^b   Poulsen, Stig ^b   Lau, Marianne ^a  

^a Stolpegaard Psychotherapy Centre   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drop out; Mental disorders; No show; Non attendance; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING SCORE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILIEU THERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; NARRATIVE GROUP THERAPY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHODYNAMIC GROUP THERAPY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 79956067295     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2010.515687     Document Type: Article

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