Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Effectiveness and autonomic correlates

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-229

  Wilson, David L ^a,e   Silver, Steven M ^b   Covi, William G ^c   Foster, Sandra ^d  

^a Redding Psychotherapy Group   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Veterans Center   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME;

EID: 0030250269     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(96)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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