Metacognitive therapy for PTSD: A preliminary investigation of a new brief treatment

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 307-318

  Wells, Adrian ^a   Sembi, Sundeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive therapy; Metacognition; PTSD; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PATIENT; METACOGNITIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 8644260898     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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