title: [Long-term and short-term therapies in psychiatry].
abstract: The length of psychiatric therapies is often underlined. It is impossible to decide on which form of therapy is indicated--long-term- or short-term therapy--by the consideration of nosography alone. The quality of the relationship between the patient and the therapist is the best factor which determines the choice of the most appropriated therapy; because of the subjectivity of such a criteria, one must take into account ethical perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie et de Psychologie médicale, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hougardy
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013997:Time Factors