Cognitive-behavioral treatment for chronic nightmares in trauma-exposed persons: Assessing physiological reactions to nightmare-related fear

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-382

  Rhudy, Jamie L ^a   Davis, Joanne L ^a   Williams, Amy E ^a   McCabe, Klanci M ^a   Bartley, Emily J ^a   Byrd, Patricia M ^a   Pruiksma, Kristi E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Emotion; Nightmares; Psychophysiology; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DREAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DREAMS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949368782     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20656     Document Type: Article

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