Combining Group-Based Exposure Therapy With Prolonged Exposure to Treat U.S. Vietnam Veterans With PTSD: A Case Study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 574-577

  Ready, David J ^a,b   Vega, Edward M ^a   Worley, Virginia ^a   Bradley, Bekh ^a,b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

AGED; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; PSYCHOTHERAPY, MULTIPLE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84867709897     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21734     Document Type: Article

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