Brief report: Effects of solution-focused brief therapy group-work on promoting post-traumatic growth of mothers who have a child with ASD

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2052-2056

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Yan, Ting Ting ^a   Du, Ya Song ^b   Liu, Xiao Hong ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Group counseling; Mothers; Post traumatic growth; Solution focused brief therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOURNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTION FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MOTHERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP;

EID: 84906933535     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2051-8     Document Type: Article

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