Effects of outward bound experience as an adjunct to inpatient PTSD treatment of war veterans

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-278

  Hyer, Lee ^a   Boyd, Stephanie ^a   Scurfield, Ray ^b   Smith, Dale ^a   Burke, Jim ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b National Center for PTSD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF ESTEEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM; WAR;

ADULT; CAMPING; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0029891980     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199605)52:3<263::AID-JCLP3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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