Decreasing treatment dropout by addressing expectations for treatment length

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-200

  Swift, Joshua K ^a   Callahan, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Duration; Expectations; Pre therapy education; Premature termination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957801953     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2010.541294     Document Type: Article

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