Personality disorder patients' perspectives on the introduction of imagery within schema therapy: A qualitative study of patients' experiences

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 482-490

  ten Napel Schutz, Marieke C ^a   Abma, Tineke A ^b   Bamelis, Lotte ^c   Arntz, Arnoud ^a  

^a Amarum   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Imagery; Imagery rescripting; Personality disorders; Qualitative research; Schema therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHEMA THERAPY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 79960347424     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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