ATTACHMENT AND TREATMENT RESPONSE AMONG ADULTS IN INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Psychotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-96

  Muller, Robert T ^a,b   Rosenkranz, Susan E ^c  

^a York University   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attachment; group therapy; inpatient treatment; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHODYNAMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 64849088705     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015137     Document Type: Article

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