Effectiveness of imagery rehearsal therapy for the treatment of combat-related nightmares in veterans

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Nappi, Carla M ^a   Drummond, Sean P A ^b   Thorp, Steven R ^b   McQuaid, John R ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HUMAN; IMAGERY REHEARSAL THERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NIGHTMARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBAT DISORDERS; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952888997     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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