The phrase "a brief form of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a shorter or condensed version of something, such as a term, phrase, or concept.
Example: "The acronym 'NASA' is a brief form of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
Alternatives: "a concise version of" or "a shortened version of".
Sleep therapists have demonstrated the effectiveness of a brief form of psychotherapy called cognitive behavioral therapy.
A brief form of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) was piloted among depressed primary care patients with insomnia some of whom endorsed suicidal ideation.
Kelly J. Rohan of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., (and currently of the University of Vermont) found that this therapy, a brief form of psychotherapy that helps people change negative thoughts and behaviors, was as effective as light therapy in a study of 23 patients with SAD.
Cepalalgia; 2009; 29(1): 39. 4. Barrett FS, Robins RW, Janata P. A brief form of the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales.
It is a brief form of evidence-based psychotherapy that was originally developed in Britain for use by medical professionals in primary care.
It is a brief form of the SCL-90 and is designed to provide a multidimensional symptom measurement in about 10 min.
A brief form, including age of mother, gravidity, hemoglobin or hematocrit and week of gestation at which the measurement was taken, whether it was a singleton or multiple birth, outcome of the birth, and birth weight of the baby, was filled out by the health worker with information extracted from each consenting mother's ANC card.
Another excellent book, "Fibromyalgia and the Mind-Body-Spirit Connection" by Dr. William B. Salt II and Dr. Edwin H. Season, describes the enormous benefits that can be gleaned from a relatively brief form of counseling called cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people address self-defeating thoughts that can aggravate pain and make adopting changes to alleviate pain difficult.
The second version of that instrument [ 31] is now available as a revised version of a brief form, the SF-12 v.2.
On the day, the group was asked to enter the space and fill in a brief form with 21 pre-given descriptors of odour quality (referenced from the findings of the chemical analysis of the environment and odour-compound databases) plus a category of 'other' that they could complete.
After filling out a brief form you become a registered member of the auction.
