Cognitive behaviour therapy for menopausal hot flushes and night sweats: A qualitative analysis of women's experiences of group and self-help CBT

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 441-457

  Balabanovic, Janet ^a   Ayers, Beverley ^a   Hunter, Myra S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive behaviour therapy; Group CBT; IPA; menopausal symptoms; qualitative; Self Help CBT

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEATING; HOT FLASHES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SWEATING;

EID: 84884583025     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465812000677     Document Type: Article

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