Prediction of outcome for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder using constructs from the transtheoritical model of bahaviour change

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 590-597

  Hunt, Caroline ^a   Rooney, Kathleen ^a   Humphreys, Leanne ^b   Harding, David ^b   Mullen, Miriam ^b   Kearney, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Wesley Hospital Veteran's Mental Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder; Prediction of outcome; Transtheoretical model of behaviour change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SAMPLING; SYMPTOM; THEORETICAL MODEL; VETERAN;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 34250674460     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701392825     Document Type: Article

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