Assessing treatments used to reduce rumination and/or worry: A systematic review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 996-1009

  Querstret, Dawn ^a   Cropley, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perseverative cognition; Rumination; Systematic review; Worry

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT WORRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RUMINATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

PERSEVERATIVE COGNITION; RUMINATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORRY;

ANXIETY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; THINKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883751407     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.08.004     Document Type: Review

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