Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents: A meta-analysis of short-term psychodynamic models

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 863-875

  Abbass, Allan A ^a   Rabung, Sven ^b   Leichsenring, Falk ^c   Refseth, Johanne S ^d   Midgley, Nick ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Violence Oslo ^*  (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety child depression psychodynamic psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

ANXIETY; CHILD; DEPRESSION; PSYCHODYNAMIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880638427     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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