Psychological treatment outcomes for cancer patients: What do meta-analyses tell us about distress reduction?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-350

  Linden, Wolfgang ^a   Girgis, Afaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Floor effects; Meta analysis; Oncology; Psychological treatment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859873030     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2035     Document Type: Review

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