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spellingShingle Westermann, Katharina, Woud, Marcella L., Cwik, Jan C., Graz, Christian, Nyhuis, Peter W., Margraf, Jürgen, Blackwell, Simon E., BJPsych Open, Feasibility of computerised positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in in-patient mental health settings: randomised controlled trial, Psychiatry and Mental health
title Feasibility of computerised positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in in-patient mental health settings: randomised controlled trial
title_full Feasibility of computerised positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in in-patient mental health settings: randomised controlled trial
title_fullStr Feasibility of computerised positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in in-patient mental health settings: randomised controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed Feasibility of computerised positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in in-patient mental health settings: randomised controlled trial
title_short Feasibility of computerised positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in in-patient mental health settings: randomised controlled trial
title_sort feasibility of computerised positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in in-patient mental health settings: randomised controlled trial
title_unstemmed Feasibility of computerised positive mental imagery training as a treatment adjunct in in-patient mental health settings: randomised controlled trial
topic Psychiatry and Mental health
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2021.1042