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The therapeutic alliance: is it necessary or sufficient to engender positive outcomes?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Craig A. Macneil ,
Melissa K. Hasty ,
Melanie Evans ,
Cassie Redlich  and
Michael Berk
Craig A. Macneil*
Affiliation:
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) and ORYGEN Research Centre, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Melissa K. Hasty
Affiliation:
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) and ORYGEN Research Centre, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Melanie Evans
Affiliation:
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) and ORYGEN Research Centre, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Cassie Redlich
Affiliation:
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) and ORYGEN Research Centre, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia
Michael Berk
Affiliation:
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) and ORYGEN Research Centre, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia The University of Melbourne, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Australia The Geelong Clinic, Geelong, Australia
*
Dr Craig A. Macneil, Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) and ORYGEN Research Centre, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia. Tel: +613 9342 2800; Fax: +613 9387 3003; E-mail: craig.macneil@mh.org.au
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 95 - 98
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Copyright © 2009 Blackwell Munksgaard

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