Psychoanalytic versus psychodynamic therapy for depression: A three-year follow-up study

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 132-149

  Huber, Dorothea ^a,b   Henrich, Gerhard ^a   Clarkin, John ^c   Klug, Guenther ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYTIC UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; RECURRENCE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879715956     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2013.76.2.132     Document Type: Article

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