Negative, not positive symptoms predict the early therapeutic alliance in cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-183

  Jung, Esther ^a   Wiesjahn, Martin ^a   Lincoln, Tania M ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis; negative symptoms; schizophrenia; therapeutic alliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHIZOPHRENIA; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893779554     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2013.851425     Document Type: Article

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