Effects of three PTSD treatments on anger and guilt: Exposure therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, and relaxation training

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-28

  Stapleton, Jennifer A ^a   Taylor, Steven ^b   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ANGER; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745421892     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20095     Document Type: Article

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