Meaning-centered group psychotherapy in cancer survivors: A feasibility study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 827-831

  Van Der Spek, Nadia ^a   Van Uden Kraan, Cornelia F ^a,b   Vos, Joël ^c,d   Breitbart, William ^e   Tollenaar, Rob A E M ^d   Van Asperen, Christi J ^d   Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Verdonck De Leeuw, Irma M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cancer survivors; feasibility study; group psychotherapy; meaning; psycho oncology

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903820752     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3497     Document Type: Letter

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