CONTRASTING EXPOSURE AND EXPERIENTIAL THERAPIES FOR COMPLEX POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Psychotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-360

  Gleiser, Kari ^a   Ford, Julian D ^b   Fosha, Diana ^a  

^a AEDP Institute

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

complex PTSD; experimental therapy; prolonged exposure; trauma therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56449109102     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013323     Document Type: Article

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