Extreme deviations from expected recovery curves and their associations with therapeutic alliance, social support, motivation, and life events in psychosomatic in-patient therapy

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 714-723

  Probst, Thomas ^a   Lambert, Michael J ^b   Loew, Thomas H ^c   Dahlbender, Reiner W ^d   Tritt, Karin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical support tools; considerable change; monitoring; psychosomatics; psychotherapeutic process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84943451594     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2014.981682     Document Type: Article

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