Group psychotherapy for recently diagnosed breast cancer patients: A multicenter feasibility study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 482-493

  Spiegel, David ^a   Morrow, Gary R ^b   Classen, Catherine ^a   Raubertas, Richard ^b   Stott, Phillip B ^c   Mudaliar, Narayan ^d   Pierce, H Irving ^e   Flynn, Patrick J ^f   Heard, Laura ^g   Riggs, Gail ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Kalamazoo Community Clinical Oncology Program   (United States)

^d WICHITA COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

^e Northwest CCOP   (United States)

^f Metro Minnesota CCOP   (United States)

^g BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SICK ROLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033401621     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199911/12)8:6<482::AID-PON402>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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