Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for personality disorders: A critical review of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 723-740

  Town, Joel M ^a   Abbass, Allan ^a   Hardy, Gillian ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855465570     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.2011.25.6.723     Document Type: Article

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