An Alternative Transdiagnostic Mechanistic Approach to Affective Disorders Illustrated with Research from Clinical Psychology

Emotion Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 250-255

  Watkins, Edward ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

diagnosis; repetitive negative thought; rumination; transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937045009     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: 17540747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073915575400     Document Type: Article

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