Psychodynamic Treatment of Depression

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-129

  Luyten, Patrick ^a,b   Blatt, Sidney J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Effectiveness; Efficacy; Mood disorder; Psychoanalytic; Psychodynamic; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRIEF PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; BRIEF SUPPORTIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROBIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF CRITICAL PERFECTIONISM; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIT LIST CONDITION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PERSONALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CONCEPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857412556     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: 15583147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2012.01.001     Document Type: Review

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