A couple-based approach to the reduction of PTSD avoidance symptoms: Preliminary findings

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-349

  Sautter, Frederic J ^a,b   Glynn, Shirley M ^c   Thompson, Karin E ^d   Franklin, Laurel ^e   Han, Xiaotong ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Memphis   (United States)

^e Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; VETERANS;

EID: 67249117652     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2009.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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