Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Study

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-252

  Twohig, Michael P ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD ABUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP DISORDER; STARTLE REFLEX; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THERAPY RESISTANCE; THINKING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 67649669070     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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