Treating low-income and minority women with posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study comparing prolonged exposure and treatment as usual conducted by community therapists

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1027-1040

  Feske, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Universigy of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Exposure treatment; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749147161     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260507313967     Document Type: Article

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