Power therapies: Evidence versus emotion a reply to Rosen, Lohr, McNally and Herbert

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-8

  Poole, A Desmond ^a,d   De Jongh, Ad ^b   Spector, John ^c  

^a Royal Ulster Constabulary   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WATFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Health Services Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMDR; Outcome research; PTSD; Treatment effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033065313     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1352465899271020     Document Type: Article

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