A pilot exploration of the use of compassionate images in a group of self-critical people

Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-516

  Gilbert, Paul ^a   Irons, Chris ^a  

^a KINGSWAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; THINKING; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER;

DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 4043070818     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210444000115     Document Type: Article

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