Cognitive-existential group psychotherapy for women with primary breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 532-546

  Kissane, David W ^a,b   Bloch, Sidney ^a,b   Smith, Graeme C ^c   Miach, Patricia ^c   Clarke, David M ^c   Ikin, Jillian ^a,b   Love, Anthony ^a,b   Ranieri, Nadia ^a,b   McKenzie, Dean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOOD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043196946     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.683     Document Type: Article

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