Cultivating positive emotions: A useful adjunct when working with people who self-harm?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 352-362

  Morris, Charlotte ^a   Simpson, Jane ^b   Sampson, Mark ^c   Beesley, Frank ^c  

^a PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Positive Emotion; Review; Self Harm

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMOTIONS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904397956     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1836     Document Type: Article

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