The utility of systematic reviews: The case of psychological debriefing after trauma

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 171-175

  Sensky, Tom ^a  

^a WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MIRTAZAPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL DEBRIEFING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE; REVIEW LITERATURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0038617828     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070780     Document Type: Editorial

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