Outcomes of religious and spiritual adaptations to psychotherapy: A meta-analytic review

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-655

  Smith, Timothy B ^a   Bartz, Jeremy ^a   Richards, P Scott ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 35548982100     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300701250347     Document Type: Review

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