Treatment of PTSD by Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) improves sleep quality, quality of life, and perception of stress

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2006, Pages 508-513

  Raboni, Mara Regina ^a   Tufik, Sergio ^a   Suchecki, Deborah ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; PTSD; Quality of life; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; STRESS;

EID: 33746445841     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1364.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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