A meta-analysis of the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy for clinically relevant mental and physical health problems

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-36

  A Tjak, Jacqueline G L ^a   Davis, Michelle L ^c   Morina, Nexhmedin ^b   Powers, Mark B ^c   Smits, Jasper A J ^c   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^b,d  

^a PsyQ Mental Heath Care   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Mental disorders; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADDICTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCINFO; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922266466     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365764     Document Type: Article

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