Cognitive existential couple therapy (CECT) in men and partners facing localised prostate cancer: A randomised controlled trial

BJU International

Volumn 115, Issue S5, 2015, Pages 35-45

  Couper, Jeremy ^a,b   Collins, Anna ^a,b   Bloch, Sidney ^b   Street, Annette ^b,d   Duchesne, Gillian ^a   Jones, Tessa ^a   Olver, James ^c   Love, Anthony ^e  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CECT; coping; couple; distress; partner; prostate cancer; relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE EXISTENTIAL COUPLE THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUPLES THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964308478     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12991     Document Type: Article

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