The meaning of psychological symptoms: Effectiveness of a group intervention with hypochondriacal patients

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Avia, María D ^a   Ruiz, M Angeles ^b   Olivares, M Eugenia ^a   Crespo, María ^a   Guisado, Ana B ^a   Sánchez, Angel ^a   Varela, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MOOD; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MMPI; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029655795     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(95)00052-Y     Document Type: Article

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