What's really wrong with cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis?

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Thomas, Neil ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Delusions; Dissemination; Efficacy; Evidence based practice; Hallucinations; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926654136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00323     Document Type: Article

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