Therapeutic alliance in forensic mental health: Coercion, consent and recovery

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-28

  Donnelly, Vidis ^a,b   Lynch, Aideen ^a,b   Devlin, Conal ^a,b   Naughton, Leena ^a,b   Gibbons, Olivia ^a,b   Mohan, Damian ^a,b   Kennedy, Harry G ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL MENTAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatry; Psychosis; Working Alliance Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION; HALO EFFECT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL TRUST IN PHYSICIAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRUST; WORKING ALLIANCE INVENTORY;

EID: 81555226708     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700011861     Document Type: Article

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