The Therapeutic Alliance Predicts Outcomes of Cognitive Behavior Therapy but Not of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depressive Symptoms

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 314-315

  Snippe, Evelien ^a   Fleer, Joke ^a   Tovote, K Annika ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a,b   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^c,d   Schroevers, Maya J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84939515240     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000379755     Document Type: Letter

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