Investigator allegiance and the evaluation of psychotherapy outcome research

European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Berman, Jeffrey S ^a   Reich, Catherine M ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Experimenter bias; Investigator allegiance; Psychotherapeutic outcomes; Treatment effectiveness evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960474033     PISSN: 13642537     EISSN: 14695901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13642531003637775     Document Type: Article

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