Treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in military and veteran populations

Psychotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 388-398

  Creamer, Mark ^a,b   Forbes, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ACPMH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 11144239418     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-3204.41.4.388     Document Type: Review

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