Determining what works in the treatment of PTSD

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 923-933

  Wampold, Bruce E ^a   Imel, Zac E ^b   Laska, Kevin M ^a   Benish, Steven ^a   Miller, Scott D ^c   Fluckiger, Christoph ^a   Del Re, Aaron C ^a   Baardseth, Timothy P ^a   Budge, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c International Center for Clinical Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Common factors; Post traumatic stress disorder; Trauma focused

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SUPPORTIVE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957371814     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2010.06.005     Document Type: Review

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