Hope as a change mechanism in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 270-277

  Gilman, Rich ^a,b   Schumm, Jeremiah A ^c   Chard, Kathleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Processing Therapy; hope; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868347032     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024252     Document Type: Article

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