Are patient and therapist characteristics associated with the use of defence interpretation in brief dynamic psychotherapy?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 209-219

  Hersoug, Anne Grete ^a   Bøgwald, Kjell Petter ^a   Høglend, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE;

EID: 9644297149     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.372     Document Type: Article

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