The active therapeutic processes of acceptance and commitment therapy for persistent symptoms of psychosis: Clients' perspectives

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 402-420

  Bacon, Tory ^a   Farhall, John ^a   Fossey, Ellie ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACT; psychosis; psychotherapy process; qualitative methods; service users

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF EVALUATION; THINKING;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 84901415409     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465813000209     Document Type: Article

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