Writing therapy for posttraumatic stress: A meta-analysis

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 82-88

  Van Emmerik, Arnold A P ^a,c   Reijntjes, Albert ^b   Kamphuis, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Posttraumatic stress; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Writing therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL ABUSE; WRITING THERAPY;

EID: 84871904575     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343131     Document Type: Article

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