Couple therapy with combat veterans and their partners

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 972-983

  Erbes, Christopher R ^a   Polusny, Melissa A ^a   MacDermid, Shelley ^b   Compton, Jill S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Couple therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychotherapy; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE BEHAVIORAL COUPLE THERAPY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERAN;

AFGHANISTAN; COUPLES THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 50249094992     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20521     Document Type: Article

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