Acute Stress Disorder: Conceptual Issues and Treatment Outcomes

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 437-450

  Koucky, Ellen M ^a   Galovski, Tara E ^a   Nixon, Reginald D V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862198776     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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