Psychotherapeutic treatment program for post-traumatic stress disorder: Prospective study of 70 war veterans

Group Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-522

  Britvić, Dolores ^a,b,c   Antičević, Vesna ^b   Urlić, Ivan ^a,c,d,e,f   Dodig, Goran ^a,b   Lapenda, Branka ^g   Kekez, Vesna ^b   Mustapicć, Iva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c Clinical Hospital ^*  (Croatia)

^d IGA   (Croatia)

^e IGA Bologna   (Croatia)

^f GAS   (United Kingdom)

^g Institute of Naval Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Combat; Depression; Group psychotherapy; Outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROATIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS; VETERAN; WAR;

EID: 37249067259     PISSN: 05333164     EISSN: 1461717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0533316407083333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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