Evaluation of the effectiveness of Face IT, a computer-based psychosocial intervention for disfigurement-related distress

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 565-577

  Bessell, A ^a   Brough, V ^b   Clarke, A ^b   Harcourt, D ^c   Moss, T P ^c   Rumsey, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

appearance; CCBT; disfigurement; psychosocial; social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864973151     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2011.647701     Document Type: Article

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