Internet-based treatment for PTSD reduces distress and facilitates the development of a strong therapeutic alliance: A randomized controlled clinical trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Knaevelsrud, Christine ^a   Maercker, Andreas ^b  

^a Behandlungszentrum fur Folteropfer Berlin eV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; ADOLESCENT; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347209965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-7-13     Document Type: Article

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