A self-administered, mild form of exposure therapy for older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-161

  Boals, Adriel ^a   Banks, Jonathan B ^a   Hayslip, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; psychosocial interventions; stress; stress burden; trauma; trauma related disorders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855955645     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.598848     Document Type: Article

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