Control-focused behavioral treatment of earthquake survivors using live exposure to conditioned and simulated unconditioned stimuli

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Şalcoǧlu, Ebru ^a,b   Başoǧlu, Metin ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ICBRT DABATEM   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

EID: 77949755084     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0385     Document Type: Article

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