A pilot study of a 12-week model of group-based exposure therapy for veterans with PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-156

  Sutherland, Roy John ^a,b,g   Mott, Juliette M ^a,d   Lanier, Stacey Holmes ^a,b   Williams, Wright ^a,b   Ready, David J ^e,f   Teng, Ellen J ^a,b,c,d  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^d Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies   (United States)

^e ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84860143975     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21679     Document Type: Article

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