Long-term effectiveness of basic body awareness therapy in psychiatric outpatient care. A randomized controlled study

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-12

  Gyllensten, Amanda Lundvik ^a   Ekdahl, Charlotte ^a   Hansson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic Body Awareness Therapy; Depression; Empowerment; Health economics; Mindfulness; Personality disorders; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249083876     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: 16511948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14038190802242061     Document Type: Article

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