Brief psychotherapy at the bedside: Countering demoralization from medical illness

Psychosomatics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-116

  Griffith, James L ^a   Gaby, Lynne ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMORALIZATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MORALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MORALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF;

EID: 17844401221     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.46.2.109     Document Type: Article

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