A multidimensional meta-analysis of psychotherapy for PTSD

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 214-227

  Bradley, Rebekah ^a   Greene, Jamelle ^b   Russ, Eric ^b   Dutra, Lissa ^b   Westen, Drew ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444278549     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.214     Document Type: Review

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