Development of the Therapeutic Alliance in Alternative Settings to Psychiatric Hospitalization: An Open Comparative

Avraham Friedlander1, Dana Sinai1, Sigal Zilcha-Mano1

  • 1Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel (Friedlander); Drora and Pinchas Zachai Division of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel (Friedlander, Weiser, Caspi, Amitai); Ramat-Chen Brüll Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv District, Clalit Health Services Community Division, Tel Aviv, Israel (Sinai); Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel (Sinai); Departments of Psychology (Zilcha-Mano) and Community Mental Health (Tzur Bitan), University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel; Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel (Weiser, Amitai); Soteria Israel, Jerusalem Mental Health Center, and Department of Psychiatry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Lichtenberg); Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon, Israel (Tzur Bitan).

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