Duration of psychological therapy: Relation to recovery and improvement rates in UK routine practice

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 115-122

  Stiles, William B ^a,b   Barkham, Michael ^c   Wheeler, Sue ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; COUNSELING; GREAT BRITAIN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939781889     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.145565     Document Type: Article

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