Identifying patterns of symptom change during a randomized controlled trial of cognitive processing therapy for military-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-276

  Macdonald, Alexandra ^a   Monson, Candice M ^b,c   Doron Lamarca, Susan ^b   Resick, Patricia A ^b   Palfai, Tibor P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 79958223991     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20642     Document Type: Article

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