Efficacy of an Internet-based intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder in Iraq: A pilot study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 85-88

  Wagner, Birgit ^a   Schulz, Wassima ^b   Knaevelsrud, Christine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Behandlungszentrum fur Folteropfer Berlin eV   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Internet; Iraq; Online therapy; PTSD; Torture; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARABIC; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; IRAQ; LANGUAGE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; IRAQ; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856497925     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.07.026     Document Type: Article

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