Evaluating the relative efficacy of a self-help and minimal psycho-educational intervention for moderate premenstrual distress conducted from a critical realist standpoint

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-362

  Ussher, Jane M ^a   Perz, Janette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PILOT STUDY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP;

EID: 33750171811     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830600974147     Document Type: Article

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