Treatment failure in cognitive-behavioural therapy: Therapeutic alliance as a precondition for an adherent and competent implementation of techniques

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-108

  Weck, Florian ^a   Grikscheit, Florian ^a   Jakob, Marion ^a   Höfling, Volkmar ^a   Stangier, Ulrich ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

adherence; competence; mediation; therapeutic alliance; treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921607835     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: 20448260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12063     Document Type: Article

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