Randomized clinical trial of brief eclectic psychotherapy for police officers with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-347

  Gersons, Berthold P R ^a   Carlier, Ingrid V E ^a   Lamberts, Regina D ^a   Van Der Kolk, Bessel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief eclectic psychotherapy; Comorbidity; Police officers; PTSD; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; POLICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0034070648     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007793803627     Document Type: Article

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