Treating acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder with cognitive behavioral therapy or structured writing therapy: A randomized controlled trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Van Emmerik, Arnold A P ^a,b   Kamphuis, Jan H ^a   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior therapy; Cognitive therapy; Psychotherapy, stress disorder; Randomized controlled trial; Stress disorders, traumatic, acute, posttraumatic; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED WRITING THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

EID: 38649113600     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112886     Document Type: Article

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