Prolonged exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: Comparing outcomes for veterans of different wars

Psychological Services

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-25

  Yoder, Matthew ^a,b   Tuerk, Peter W ^a,b   Price, Matthew ^a,b   Grubaugh, Anouk L ^a,b   Strachan, Martha ^a,b   Myrick, Hugh ^a,b   Acierno, Ron ^a,b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prolonged exposure; Treatment effectiveness; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84864520643     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026279     Document Type: Article

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