Acceptance and commitment therapy for a heterogeneous group of treatment-resistant clients: A treatment development study

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 560-572

  Clarke, Sue ^a   Kingston, Jessica ^b   Wilson, Kelly G ^c   Bolderston, Helen ^d   Remington, Bob ^d  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Group based intervention; Heterogeneous client group; Treatment development; Treatment resistant clients

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND ACTION QUESTIONNAIRE 9; ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MINDFUL ATTENTION AWARENESS SCALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT BELIEVABILITY AND FREQUENCY; TREATMENT RESISTANT CLIENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84865580385     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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