Enhancing patient satisfaction and increasing treatment compliance: Patient education as a fundamental component of PTSD treatment

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-332

  Gray, Matt J ^a,d   Elhai, Jon D ^b   Frueh, B Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Patient education; Psychoeducational; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; VETERAN;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 16644385262     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PSAQ.0000043508.52428.6e     Document Type: Article

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