Brief eclectic psychotherapy v. eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: Randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-231

  Nijdam, Mirjam J ^a   Gersons, Berthold P R ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   De Jongh, Ad ^b,c   Olff, Miranda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF ECLECTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857774446     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.099234     Document Type: Article

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