Factors associated with outcome of cognitive-behavioural therapy for complicated grief: A preliminary study

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 284-291

  Boelen, Paul A ^a   de Keijser, Jos ^b   van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   van den Bout, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GGZ Foundation for Mental Health Care Friesland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avoidance Behaviour; Cognitions; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Complicated Grief; Predictors of Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960473127     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.720     Document Type: Article

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