Relationships Among Depressive Symptoms, Benefit-Finding, Optimism, and Positive Affect in Multiple Sclerosis Patients After Psychotherapy for Depression

Health Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-238

  Hart, Stacey L ^a   Vella, Lea ^a   Mohr, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

benefit finding; depression; multiple sclerosis; optimism; positive affect

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OPTIMISM; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; STRESS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEPSYCHIATRY; TELETHERAPY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SICK ROLE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 43049091568     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.27.2.230     Document Type: Article

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