Cognitive therapy or imaginal exposure in the treatment of post- traumatic stress disorder: Twelve-month follow-up

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue DEC., 1999, Pages 571-575

  Tarrier, Nicholas ^a,b   Sommerfield, Claire ^a   Pilgrim, Hazel ^a   Humphreys, Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VICTIM;

EID: 0032757414     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.6.571     Document Type: Article

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