Emotional or educational debriefing after psychological trauma: Randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 189, Issue AUG., 2006, Pages 150-155

  Sijbrandij, Marit ^a,d   Olff, Miranda ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^b   Carlier, Ingrid V E ^c   Gersons, Berthold P R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Altrecht Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANXIETY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747164577     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.021121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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