A field test of group based exposure therapy with 102 veterans with war-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-157

  Ready, David J ^a,b   Thomas, Kaprice R ^c   Worley, Virginia ^a   Backscheider, Andrea G ^d   Harvey, Leigh Anne C ^a,b   Baltzell, David ^a,b   Rothbaum, Barbara Olasov ^b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Argosy University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRIEF; GROUP THERAPY; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELAPSE; SELF REPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 43249111539     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20326     Document Type: Article

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