Emotional avoidance among alcohol and opiate abusers: The role of schema-level cognitive processes

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-236

  Brotchie, Janet ^a,b   Hanes, Joanna ^a   Wendon, Paul ^a   Waller, Glenn ^a  

^a CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Hounslow Substance Misuse Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Cognitive process; Emotional avoidance; Opiate abuse; Schema

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; YOUNG COMPENSATORY INVENTORY; YOUNG RYGH AVOIDANCE INVENTORY;

EID: 33847009881     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465806003511     Document Type: Article

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