Effectiveness of a nurse facilitated cognitive group intervention among mild to moderately-depressed-women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-34

  Chetty, D ^a   Hoque, M E ^a  

^a SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Psychiatric nursing; Psychotherapy, Group; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MIANSERIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRIEDMAN TEST; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NURSE FACILITATED COGNITIVE GROUP INTERVENTION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NURSE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOUTH AFRICA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875881118     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i1.5     Document Type: Article

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