Body dysmorphic disorder: A cognitive behavioural model and pilot randomised controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 717-729

  Veale, David ^a,d   Gournay, Kevin ^b   Dryden, Windy ^c   Boocock, Anne ^d   Shah, Fozia ^a   Willson, Robert ^a   Walburn, Jessica ^a  

^a Southgate   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030250740     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(96)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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