Improvement in quality of life and sexual functioning in a comorbid sample after the unified protocol transdiagnostic group treatment

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 93, Issue , 2017, Pages 30-36

  de Ornelas Maia, Ana Claudia Corrêa ^a,b   Sanford, Jenny ^b   Boettcher, Hannah ^b   Nardi, Antonio E ^a,c   Barlow, David ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Quality of life; Sexual function; Unified protocol

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEXUALITY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNIFIED PROTOCOL TRANSDIAGNOSTIC GROUP TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 85019693504     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.05.013     Document Type: Article

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