Adaptation of cognitive processing therapy for treatment of torture victims: Experience in Kurdistan, Iraq

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-192

  Kaysen, Debra ^a   Lindgren, Kristen ^a   Sabir Zangana, Goran A ^b   Murray, Laura ^c   Bass, Judy ^d   Bolton, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health of Kurdistan Regional Government   (Iraq)

^c USA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive processing therapy; depression; PTSD; torture; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875149617     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026053     Document Type: Article

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