Treatment of adolescents with depression: The effect of transference interventions in a randomized controlled study of dynamic psychotherapy

Trials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ulberg, Randi ^a,b   Hersoug, Anne G ^a   Høglend, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Depression; Gender; Psychodynamic; Randomized trial; Transference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION RELATEDNESS SCALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; GLOBAL SEVERITY INDEX; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS CIRCUMPLEX VERSION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMIC FUNCTIONING SCALE; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865619773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-159     Document Type: Article

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