Adjuvant Psychological Therapy for Patients with Chronic Physical Illness

Handbook of Evidence-based Psychotherapies: A Guide for Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 415-439

  Brown, Tom M ^a,b   MacHale, Siobhan ^c,d  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic physical illness; Coronary heart disease; Internal organs; Ischaemic heart disease; Psychosomatic medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889791046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713242.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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