Effects of live exposure on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder: The role of reduced behavioral avoidance in improvement

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2268-2279

  Şalcioǧlu, Ebru ^a,b   Başoǧlu, Metin ^a,b   Livanou, Maria ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The Istanbul Center for Behavior Research and Therapy   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Earthquake; Exposure treatment; Live exposure; Mechanisms of improvement; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Symptom change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; EXPOSURE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE EXPOSURE TREATMENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548538025     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.04.012     Document Type: Article

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