Imagery rescripting and exposure group treatment of posttraumatic nightmares in Veterans with PTSD

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-535

  Long, Mary E ^a,b,c   Hammons, Mary E ^a   Davis, Joanne L ^d   Frueh, B Christopher ^b,e   Khan, Myrna M ^a,b   Elhai, Jon D ^f   Teng, Ellen J ^a,b,c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Imagery rescripting; Nightmares; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGERY RESCRIPTING AND EXPOSURE THERAPY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; OPEN STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; COMBAT DISORDERS; DREAMS; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 79953692379     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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