Structured writing and processing major stressful events: A controlled trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-157

  Schoutrop, Mirjam J A ^a,b   Lange, Alfred ^a   Hanewald, Gerrit ^a   Davidovich, Udi ^a   Salomon, Henriëtte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Centrum '45   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mechanisms; Psychological effects; Psychological trauma; Writing assignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS; SYMPTOM; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

EID: 0036098561     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056282     Document Type: Article

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