Vividness of mental imagery in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): The role of depression

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 352-358

  Karatzias, Thanos ^a   Power, Kevin ^b   Brown, Keith ^c   McGoldrick, Theresa ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Mental imagery; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849106120     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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