Efficacy of exposure therapy for Japanese patients with posttraumatic stress disorder due to mixed traumatic events: A randomized controlled study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 744-750

  Asukai, Nozomu ^a   Saito, Azusa ^b   Tsuruta, Nobuko ^a   Kishimoto, Junji ^c   Nishikawa, Toru ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650250383     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20589     Document Type: Article

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