Long-term course of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in German soldiers: Effects of inpatient eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy and specific trauma characteristics in patients with non-combat-related PTSD

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 456-460

  Zimmermann, Peter ^a   Biesold, Karl Heinz ^b   Barre, Klaus ^b   Lanczik, Mario ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Germany)

^b Hamburg Hospital Federation   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELAXATION TRAINING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248524995     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.5.456     Document Type: Article

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