Prolonged exposure therapy for combat- and terror-related posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized control comparison with treatment as usual

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1174-1180

  Nacasch, Nitzah ^a   Foa, Edna B ^b   Huppert, Jonathan D ^c   Tzur, Dana ^a   Fostick, Leah ^a   Dinstein, Yula ^a   Polliack, Michael ^a   Zohar, Joseph ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TERRORISM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WAR;

EID: 80052972575     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05682blu     Document Type: Article

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