Therapist judgment of defense styles and therapeutic technique related to outcome in psychodynamic psychotherapy for depression

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 377-379

  Hendriksen, Mariëlle ^a   Van, Henricus L ^a   Schoevers, Robert A ^a,d   De Jonghe, Frans E R E R ^a   Gijsbers Van Wijk, Cecile M T ^b   Peen, Jaap ^a   Dekker, Jack J M ^a,c  

^a Arkin Mental Health Institute   (Netherlands)

^b Ingeest Mental Health Institute   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; HAMILTON SCALE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054723846     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324365     Document Type: Letter

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