Do treatment manuals undermine youth-therapist alliance in community clinical practice?

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 427-432

  Langer, David A ^a,e   McLeod, Bryce D ^b   Weisz, John R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JUDGE BAKER CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; alliance; children; manualized treatment; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL GUIDED TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; THERAPY PROCESS OBSERVATIONAL CODING SYSTEM ALLIANCE SCALE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961147387     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023821     Document Type: Article

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