Commentary Open Access
Non-compliance and Resistance in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Thomas Abel1,*
- 1Psychotherapist, Psychoanalyst, Trauma Therapist, ISTFP-certified Therapist in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), Group Analyst, Supervisor and Training Analyst, Germany
Corresponding Author
Thomas Abel, info@praxis-abel.de
Received Date: March 03, 2026
Accepted Date: April 30, 2026
Thomas A. Non-compliance and Resistance in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Arch Psychiatry. 2026;4(1):14–17.
Copyright: © 2026 Thomas A. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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