A preliminary investigation of acceptance and commitment therapy as a treatment for chronic skin picking

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1513-1522

  Twohig, Michael P ^a   Hayes, Steven C ^a   Masuda, Akihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; ACT; Cognitive therapy; Skin picking; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PICKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748796903     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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