Applying EMDR on children with PTSD

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 127-132

  Ahmad, Abdulbaghi ^a   Sundelin Wahlsten, Viveka ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child; EMDR; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 43149108862     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0646-8     Document Type: Article

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