From efficacy to effectiveness: The trajectory of the treatment literature for children with PTSD

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1233-1246

  Nikulina, Valentina ^a   Hergenrother, Jeanean M ^a   Brown, Elissa J ^a   Doyle, Megan E ^a   Filton, Beryl J ^a   Carson, Gabrielle S ^a  

^a Marillac Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood PTSD; Culture; Effectiveness; Efficacy; Group treatment; Individual treatment; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychopharmacological intervention; PTSD prevalence; Trauma; Trauma specific cognitive behavioral treatment

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49449114674     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.8.8.1233     Document Type: Review

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