Exposure counterconditioning (EC) as a treatment for severe PTSD and depression with an illustrative case

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-117

  Paunovic, Nenad ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Counterconditioning; Depression; Exposure; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONDITIONING; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATION; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMAGINATION; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0032847423     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(99)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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