Cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: Where to go from here?

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-330

  Knoop, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Cognitive behavior therapy; Research agenda; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055184881     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2011.01263.x     Document Type: Note

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