Impact messages of depressed outpatients as perceived by their significant others: Profiles, therapeutic change, and relationship to outcome

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-333

  Grosse Holtforth, Martin ^a   Altenstein, David ^a   Ansell, Emily ^b   Schneider, Claudia ^c   Caspar, Franz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Impact message; Interpersonal; Personality; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858449398     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20854     Document Type: Article

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