Patient personality and therapist response: An empirical investigation

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-108

  Colli, Antonello ^a,b,c   Tanzilli, Annalisa ^a,b,c   Dimaggio, Giancarlo ^a,b,c   Lingiardi, Vittorio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c From Center for Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; CRITICIZED COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISENGAGED COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HELPLESS COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; OVERINVOLVED COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; OVERWHELMED COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; PARENTAL COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; POSITIVE COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SHEDLER WESTEN ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE 200; THERAPIST RESPONSE QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84891715115     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.13020224     Document Type: Article

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