Individual brief art therapy can be helpful for women with breast cancer: A randomized controlled clinical study

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Thyme, Karin Egberg ^a   Sundin, Eva C ^b   Wiberg, Britt ^a   Öster, Inger ^a   Åström, Sture ^a   Lindh, Jack ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art therapy; Breast cancer; Oncology; Structural Analysis of Social Behaviour (SASB); Symptom Check List 90 (SCL 90)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ART THERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67749101928     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895150900011X     Document Type: Article

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