Effective clinical management of PTSD in primary care settings: Screening and treatment options

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-12

  Leskin, Gregory A ^a   Ruzek, Josef I ^a   Friedman, Mathew J ^b   Gusman, Fred D ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office White River Junction   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural intervention; Models of care; Post traumatic stress disorder; Primary care; Screening; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMITRIPTYLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; FLUOXETINE; GUANFACINE; IMIPRAMINE; PHENELZINE; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VALPROIC ACID;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCREENING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032904165     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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