Psychological treatment of patients with chronic toxic encephalopathy: Lessons from studies of chronic fatigue and whiplash

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 235-244

  Van Hout, Moniek S E ^a   Wekking, Ellie M ^b   Berg, Ina J ^c   Deelman, Betto G ^c  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic encephalopathy; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Cognitive therapy; Occupational exposure; Psychological treatment; Psychotherapy; Rehabilitation; Review; Solvents, neurotoxicity; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDLINE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0042887453     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071894     Document Type: Article

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