A prediction of initial appointment attendance and initial outcome expectations

Psychotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 549-556

  Swift, Joshua K ^a   Whipple, Jason L ^a   Sandberg, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Expectations; Hope; Pretherapy; Therapy refusal

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874492746     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: 19391536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029441     Document Type: Article

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