The impact of experiential avoidance on the reduction of depression in treatment for borderline personality disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 663-670

  Berking, Matthias ^a   Neacsiu, Andrada ^a   Comtois, Katherine Anne ^b   Linehan, Marsha Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Depression; Experiential avoidance; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE STATE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 67650177057     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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