The effects of positive patient testimonials on PTSD treatment choice

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 805-813

  Pruitt, Larry D ^a   Zoellner, Lori A ^a   Feeny, Norah C ^b   Caldwell, Daniel ^a   Hanson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Prolonged exposure; PTSD; Sertraline; Testimonial; Treatment choice

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867743456     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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