One minute of grief: Emotional processing in short-term dynamic psychotherapy for adjustment disorder

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 187-198

  Kramer, Ueli ^a,b   Pascual Leone, Antonio ^b   Despland, Jean Nicolas ^a   De Roten, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotional processing; Grief; Process outcome; Sequential model; Short term dynamic psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; GRIEF; HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NARCISSISM; OBJECT RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAME; SHORT TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL REJECTION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; THERAPY EFFECT; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; PSYCHOTHERAPY, PSYCHODYNAMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925770158     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037979     Document Type: Article

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