Group cognitive behaviour therapy for military service-related post-traumatic stress disorder: Effectiveness, sustainability and repeatability

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 663-672

  Khoo, Andrew ^a,b   Dent, Michael T ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^b  

^a Toowong Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

CBT; combat veterans; effectiveness research; group therapy; post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 80052235795     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.590464     Document Type: Article

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