Treatment of pharmacotherapy-refractory posttraumatic stress disorder among Cambodian refugees: A pilot study of combination treatment with cognitive-behavior therapy vs sertraline alone

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1271-1276

  Otto, Michael W ^a   Hinton, Devon ^a,b   Korbly, Nicole B ^a   Chea, Andrea ^b   Ba, Phalnarith ^b   Gershuny, Beth S ^a   Pollack, Mark H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b North Suffolk Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Cambodian; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Cross cultural; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Refugee; Treatment resistance

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE; SPEECH; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0141504237     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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