The active ingredient in EMDR: Is it traditional exposure or dual focus of attention?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-107

  Lee, Christopher W ^a   Taylor, Graham ^b   Drummond, Peter D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTERVIEW; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 33646358937     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.479     Document Type: Article

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