Cognitive-behavioral therapy versus other PTSD psychotherapies as treatment for women victims of war-related violence: A systematic review

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dossa, N Inès ^a   Hatem, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE THERAPY; GENOCIDE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STRESS INOCULATION TRAINING; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BATTERED WOMAN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATTERED WOMEN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBAT DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861026649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/181847     Document Type: Review

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