The Helsinki psychotherapy study: Effectiveness, sufficiency, and suitability of short- and long-term psychotherapy

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 71-94

  Knekt, Paul ^a   Laaksonen, Maarit A ^a   Härkänen, Tommi ^a   Heinonen, Timo Maljanen Erkki ^b   Virtala, Esa ^a   Lindfors, Olavi ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Long term follow up; Long term psychotherapy; Mood disorder; Psychoanalysis; Randomized trial; Repeated measurements; Short term psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964235081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-792-1_5     Document Type: Chapter

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