Family Reintegration Difficulties and Couples Therapy for Military Veterans and Their Spouses

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-119

  Sayers, Steven L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR COUPLE THERAPY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERAN;

EID: 78651085053     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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