A compassionate-focused therapy group approach for acute inpatients: Feasibility, initial pilot outcome data, and recommendations

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-94

  Heriot Maitland, Charles ^a   Vidal, Joana B ^b   Ball, Sarah ^c   Irons, Chris ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acute; compassion focused therapy; group therapy; inpatient

Indexed keywords

ACUTE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPASSION-FOCUSED THERAPY; EMPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE; COMPASSION-FOCUSED THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; INPATIENT;

AGED; EMPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894545192     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: 20448260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12040     Document Type: Article

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