Is the therapeutic alliance overvalued in the treatment of eating disorders?

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 779-782

  Brown, Amy ^a   Mountford, Victoria A ^a,b   Waller, Glenn ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eating disorder; outcome; therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EATING DISORDER; OUTCOME; THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE;

BENCHMARKING; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888199831     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.22177     Document Type: Article

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