An open trial of EMDR as treatment for chronic PTSD

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 601-608

  Lazrove, Steven ^a   Triffleman, Elisa ^a   Kite, Liliana ^a   McGlashan, Thomas ^a   Rounsaville, Bruce ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031797720     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080368     Document Type: Article

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