Treatment of PTSD in Older Adults: Do Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions Remain Viable?

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-135

  Clapp, Joshua D ^a   Beck, J Gayle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84856057814     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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