Negative effects in psychotherapy: Commentary and recommendations for future research and clinical practice

BJPsych Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 307-312

  Rozental, Alexander ^a,b   Castonguay, Louis ^c   Dimidjian, Sona ^d   Lambert, Michael ^e   Shafran, Roz ^b   Andersson, Gerhard ^f   Carlbring, Per ^g,h  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

commentary; Negative effects; psychotherapy; SWOT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MALPRACTICE; MEMORY BIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85059420185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20564724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2018.42     Document Type: Article

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