The Efficacy of Systemic Therapy for Internalizing and Other Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence: A Systematic Review of 38 Randomized Trials

Family Process

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 619-652

  Retzlaff, Ruediger ^a   Von Sydow, Kirsten ^b   Beher, Stefan ^c   Haun, Markus W ^a   Schweitzer, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Psychologische Hochschule   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Family therapy; Internalizing disorders; Psychotherapy research; Randomized controlled trial (RCT); Systemic therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; EATING DISORDER; EFFICACY; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNALIZING DISORDERS; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (RCT); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

EFFICACY; FAMILY THERAPY; INTERNALIZING DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (RCT); SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890315357     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/famp.12041     Document Type: Article

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