Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Voices

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness for Psychosis

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 95-111

  Thomas, Neil ^a   Morris, Eric M J ^b   Shawyer, Fran ^c   Farhall, John ^d  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) hearing voices psychosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886318101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118499184.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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