Psychological treatments for concurrent posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder: A systematic review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-214

  van Dam, Debora ^a,b   Vedel, Ellen ^b   Ehring, Thomas ^a   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b JellinekMentrum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combined treatment; Comorbidity; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Substance use disorder; Trauma focused treatment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPOSURE THERAPY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEEKING SAFETY THERAPY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 84857953934     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.01.004     Document Type: Review

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