A Treatment by disorder meta-analysis of dropout from Psychotherapy

Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 193-207

  Swift, Joshua K ^a   Greenberg, Roger P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Integrative approaches; Meta analysis; Moderator; Premature discontinuation

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEREAVEMENT; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; BULIMIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EATING DISORDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR DEPRESSION; META ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922617768     PISSN: 10530479     EISSN: 15733696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037512     Document Type: Article

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