Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 492-496 , September 2010

Psychological mindedness and symptom reduction after psychotherapy in a heterogeneous psychiatric sample

  • Ivan Nyklíček

      Affiliations

    • Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic disease (CoRPS), Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Postbox 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 13 4662391; fax: +31 13 4662370.
    • ,
  • Daphne Majoor

      Affiliations

    • Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic disease (CoRPS), Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, Postbox 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands
    • ,
  • Pierre A.A.M. Schalken

      Affiliations

    • Center for Psychological Recovery, Berlicumseweg 8, 5248 NT Rosmalen, Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.02.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 492-496 , September 2010

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