Cognitive behaviour therapy with adults with intractable epilepsy and psychiatric co-morbidity: Preliminary observations on changes in psychological state and seizure frequency

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 447-460

  Goldstein, L H ^a,b   McAlpine, M ^b   Deale, A ^a   Toone, B K ^b   Mellers, J D C ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0347296401     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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