Fallacies and deflections in debating the empirical support for EMDR in the treatment of PTSD: A reply to Maxfield, Lake, & Hyer

Traumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-105

  Rubin, Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

EMDR; Exposure therapy; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849164909     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153476560401000203     Document Type: Article

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