Written exposure as an intervention for PTSD: A randomized clinical trial with motor vehicle accident survivors

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 627-635

  Sloan, Denise M ^a   Marx, Brian P ^a   Bovin, Michelle J ^a   Feinstein, Brian A ^b   Gallagher, Matthew W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Exposure treatment; Motor vehicle accident; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WRITTEN EXPOSURE THERAPY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

EID: 84865620432     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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