Long-term effects of analysis of the patient-therapist relationship in the context of patients' personality pathology and therapists' parental feelings

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 460-471

  Dahl, Hanne Sofie J ^a   Røssberg, Jan Ivar ^b   Crits Christoph, Paul ^c   Gabbard, Glen O ^d   Hersoug, Anne Grete ^a   Perry, John Christopher ^e   Ulberg, Randi ^f   Høglend, Per A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

countertransference; long term outcome; personality pathology; therapist feelings; transference work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEELING WORD CHECKLIST 58; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVENTORY OF INTERPERSONAL PROBLEM; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME VARIABLE; OUTPATIENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PARENTAL THERAPIST FEELING; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY; PSYCHODYNAMIC FUNCTIONING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TREATMENT DURATION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901191577     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036410     Document Type: Article

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