Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents: A critical review of the evidence base

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 232-260

  Midgley, Nick ^a   Kennedy, Eilis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child and adolescent psychotherapy; effectiveness; efficacy; evidence based practice; outcome studies; psychodynamic psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL FAMILY SYSTEM THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY THERAPY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MILIEU THERAPY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84857380581     PISSN: 0075417X     EISSN: 14699370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0075417X.2011.614738     Document Type: Review

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