An empirical investigation of the effectiveness of the broad-minded affective coping procedure (BMAC) to boost mood among individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 589-595

  Panagioti, M ^a   Gooding, P A ^a   Tarrier, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMAC; Broaden and build; PTSD; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BROAD MINDED AFFECTIVE COPING PROCEDURE; CALMNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFEAT; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HAPPINESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SADNESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865643318     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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