Culturally adapted CBT (CA-CBT) for Latino women with treatment-resistant PTSD: A pilot study comparing CA-CBT to applied muscle relaxation

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-280

  Hinton, Devon E ^a,b,c   Hofmann, Stefan G ^d   Rivera, Edwin ^c   Otto, Michael W ^d   Pollack, Mark H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Arbour Counseling Services   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataque de nervios; Cognitive behavior therapy; Emotion regulation; Latino; Nervios; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELAXATION THERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952697455     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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