Efficacy of abreactive ego state therapy for PTSD: Trauma resolution, depression, and anxiety

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-37

  Christensen, Ciara ^a,b   Barabasz, Arreed ^a   Barabasz, Marianne ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Burrell Behavioral Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV-TR; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870234201     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2013.729386     Document Type: Article

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