Compassion-Based Therapy for Trauma-Related Shame and Posttraumatic Stress: Initial Evaluation Using a Multiple Baseline Design

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 207-221

  Au, Teresa M ^a   Sauer Zavala, Shannon ^a   King, Matthew W ^b   Petrocchi, Nicola ^a   Barlow, David H ^a   Litz, Brett T ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

compassion; posttraumatic stress disorder; shame; single case experimental design; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPASSION BASED THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHAME; TRAUMA RELATED SHAME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; EMPATHY; GROUP THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85014424485     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2016.11.012     Document Type: Article

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