A randomized trial of a reconciliation workshop with and without PTSD psychoeducation in burundian sample

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-312

  Yeomans, Peter D ^a   Forman, Evan M ^b   Herbert, James D ^b   Yuen, Erica ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUGEE;

ADULT; BURUNDI; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954571117     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20531     Document Type: Article

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