Behavioral Activation and Therapeutic Exposure: An Investigation of Relative Symptom Changes in PTSD and Depression During the Course of Integrated Behavioral Activation, Situational Exposure, and Imaginal Exposure Techniques

Behavior Modification

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 580-599

  Gros, Daniel F ^a,b   Price, Matthew ^a,b   Strachan, Martha ^a,b   Yuen, Erica K ^a,b   Milanak, Melissa E ^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

BA TE; behavioral activation and therapeutic exposure; comorbidity; depression; PTSD; transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TELEMEDICINE; VETERAN;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TELEMEDICINE; VETERANS;

EID: 84864812327     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445512448097     Document Type: Article

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