Premature psychotherapy termination in an outpatient treatment program for personality disorders: a survival analysis
Psychological treatment for patients with personality disorders (PD) is plagued with a high proportion of early dropouts, and attempts to identify risk factors for attrition have generated very few conclusive results. The purpose of the present study is to identify significant predictors of early treatment termination in a long-term psychotherapy program for PD.
Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dominick Gamache, Claudia Savard, Sophie Lemelin, Alexandre C ôté, Évens Villeneuve Source Type: research