Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with a learning disabled young person experiencing anxious and obsessive thoughts

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-201

  Brown, Freddy Jackson ^a   Hooper, Sian ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADAPTATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; CASE STUDY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLLEGE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MINDFULNESS; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; RELAXATION THERAPY; THINKING;

EID: 75249088437     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629509346173     Document Type: Review

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