Attachment and alliance in the treatment of depressed, sexually abused women

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-130

  Smith, Phillip N ^a   Gamble, Stephanie A ^a   Cort, Natalie A ^a   Ward, Erin A ^a   He, Hua ^a   Talbot, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment orientation; Childhood sexual abuse; Depression treatment; Interpersonal psychotherapy; Working alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUPPORT GROUP; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859872374     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20913     Document Type: Article

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