A preliminary investigation of sudden gains in exposure therapy for PTSD

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 555-560

  Doane, Lisa Stines ^a   Feeny, Norah C ^a   Zoellner, Lori A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CBT; PTSD; Sudden gains

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROLONGED EXPOSURE THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME VICTIM; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77952876420     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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