Brief mindfulness-based therapy for chronic tension-type headache: A randomized controlled pilot study

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Cathcart, Stuart ^a   Galatis, Nicola ^b   Immink, Maarten ^b   Proeve, Michael ^c   Petkov, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic tension type headache; Mindfulness; Pain; Stress reduction; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUESTIONNAIRES; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 84889066324     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465813000234     Document Type: Article

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