Clinicians' Perspectives on Negative Effects of Psychological Treatments

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 319-331

  Bystedt, Samuel ^a   Rozental, Alexander ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c   Boettcher, Johanna ^d   Carlbring, Per ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

adverse events; Cognitive Behavior Therapy; negative effects; online survey; thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911002316     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2014.939593     Document Type: Article

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