Effects of a chemical imbalance causal explanation on individuals' perceptions of their depressive symptoms

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-52

  Kemp, Joshua J ^a   Lickel, James J ^b   Deacon, Brett J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical imbalance; Depression; Etiology; Prognosis; Stigma

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PESSIMISM; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SELF BLAME; STIGMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896514881     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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