Irrational beliefs in employees with an adjustment, a depressive, or an anxiety disorder: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-72

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen ^a   Verbeek, Jos H A M ^a   de Boer, Angela G E M ^a   Blonk, Roland W B ^b   van Dijk, Frank J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Common mental disorders; Follow up studies; Irrational beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952091540     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-007-0075-0     Document Type: Article

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