The Effects of Guided Imagery on Comfort, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress of Psychiatric Inpatients with Depressive Disorders

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 403-411

  Apóstolo, João Luís Alves ^a,b   Kolcaba, Katharine ^a,b  

^a ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE ENFERMAGEM DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71749110006     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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