Self-exposure treatment of recurrent nightmares: Waiting-list-controlled trial and 4-year follow-up

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 384-388

  Grandi, Silvana ^a   Fabbri, Stefania ^a   Panattoni, Naike ^a   Gonnella, Elisabetta ^a   Marks, Isaac ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Recurrent nightmares; Self exposure therapy; Waiting list control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHTMARE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SELF EXPOSURE THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DREAMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SLEEP DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33750038866     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095445     Document Type: Article

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