Emotion regulation of goals in bipolar disorder and major depression: A comparison of rumination and mindfulness

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 375-388

  Gilbert, Kirsten ^a   Gruber, June ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Goals; Mindfulness; Mood disorders; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MANIA; MINDFULNESS; MOOD DISORDER; RUMINATION;

EID: 84904434654     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-014-9602-3     Document Type: Article

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