Current empirical status of acceptance and commitment therapy

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Pull, Charles B ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Anxiety disorders; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Depression; Diabetes; Epilepsy; Pain; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 57749184819     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32831a6e9d     Document Type: Review

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