Psychological interventions for distress in cancer patients: A review of reviews

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-92

  Lepore, Stephen J ^a   Coyne, James C ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REVIEW LITERATURE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 33749589706     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm3202_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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