A brief self-guided telehealth intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans: A pilot study

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 245-250

  Possemato, Kyle ^a,b   Ouimette, Paige ^a,b   Knowlton, Paul ^a  

^a SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VETERAN; WRITING;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBAT DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; VETERANS; WRITING;

EID: 80051572073     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2011.100909     Document Type: Article

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