On treatment with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder in public transportation workers - A randomized controlled trial

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-61

  Högberg, Göran ^a   Pagani, Marco ^b   Sundin, Örjan ^c   Soares, Joaquim ^a   Åberg Wistedt, Anna ^c   Tärnell, Berit ^a   Hällström, Tore ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Counter conditioning; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; Occupational health; Post traumatic stress disorder; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SEXUAL CRIME; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSPORT STRESS;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSPORTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847240479     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480601129408     Document Type: Article

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