Early versus delayed imaginal exposure for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder following accidental upper extremity injury

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Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-133

  Weis, Jo M ^a   Grunert, Brad K ^a   Christianson, Heidi Fowell ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaginal exposure; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychology; Time of intervention; Upper extremity injuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861182797     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-012-9408-2     Document Type: Article

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