The effectiveness of psychological interventions for patients with relatively well-controlled epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 420-426

  Engelberts, Nadine H J ^a   Klein, Martin ^b   Kasteleijn Nolst Trenité, Dorotheé G A ^c   Heimans, Jan J ^b   van der Ploeg, Henk M ^b  

^a Dutch Epilepsy Clinics Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; PUBLISHING; RELAXATION TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0036817192     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-5050(02)00522-X     Document Type: Article

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