Early in-session cognitive-emotional problem-solving predicts 12-month outcomes in depression with personality disorder

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-115

  McCarthy, Kye L ^a   Mergenthaler, Erhard ^b   Grenyer, Brin F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

depression; linguistic analysis; personality disorders; process outcome; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890433998     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2013.826834     Document Type: Article

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