Couple Therapy for Military Veterans: Overall Effectiveness and Predictors of Response

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 216-227

  Doss, Brian D ^a   Rowe, Lorelei Simpson ^b   Morrison, Kristen R ^c   Libet, Julian ^d   Birchler, Gary R ^e   Madsen, Joshua W ^f   McQuaid, John R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Colorado Center for Clinical Excellence   (United States)

^d RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple therapy; Effectiveness; Marital therapy; Military; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY AND DESIRED CHANGE OF PARTNER BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF MARRIAGE INDEX; RESPONSE TO CONFLICT - REVISED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BENCHMARKING; COUPLES THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84856472949     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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