The negative effect of alexithymia on the outcome of group therapy for complicated grief: What role might the therapist play?

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-213

  Ogrodniczuk, John S ^a   Piper, William E ^a   Joyce, Anthony S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17444430783     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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