Psychiatric symptoms and countertransference feelings: An empirical investigation

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 191-195

  Rossberg, Jan Ivar ^a,b   Karterud, Sigmund ^a,b   Pedersen, Geir ^c   Friis, Svein ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Network of Psychotherapeutic Day Hospitals   (Norway)

Author keywords

Countertransference; Patient diagnosis; Psychiatric symptoms; Reactions; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83955164370     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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