Elimination of posttraumatic symptomatology by relaxation and visual-kinesthetic dissociation

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-110

  Hossack, Alex ^a   Bentall, Richard P ^b  

^a Mersey Forensic Psychiatry Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dissociation; intrusive image; relaxation; trauma; visual kinesthetic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; RELAXATION; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0030040474     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02116836     Document Type: Article

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