Psychosocial Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Critical Review

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 449-480

  Foa, E B ^a   Meadows, E A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychosocial treatments; PTSD

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMBAT DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030636545     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.48.1.449     Document Type: Review

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