Group treatment for older veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 10-16

  Snell, Frances I ^a   Padin Rivera, Edgardo ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VETERAN;

AGED; COHORT EFFECT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 0031068476     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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