How clients with religious or spiritual beliefs experience psychological help-seeking and therapy: A qualitative study

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-327

  Mayers, Claire ^a,c   Leavey, Gerard ^b   Vallianatou, Christina ^b   Barker, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Royal Children's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION;

EID: 34548204294     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.542     Document Type: Article

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