PTSD elderly war veterans: A clinical controlled pilot study

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-48

  Gamito, Pedro ^a   Oliveira, Jorge ^a   Rosa, Pedro ^b   Morais, Diogo ^a   Duarte, Nuno ^c   Oliveira, Susana ^c   Saraiva, Tomaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c APOIAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PORTUGAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; WAR;

AGED; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PORTUGAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 77949698554     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0237     Document Type: Article

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