Psychotherapy in the medically ill: A commentary

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-309

  Vamos, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Medical illness; Psychosocial intervention; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENTERITIS; GROUP THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE CANCER; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MELANOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEPTIC ULCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 33645047662     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01795.x     Document Type: Review

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