Imagery Rescripting as treatment for complicated PTSD in refugees: A multiple baseline case series study

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 274-283

  Arntz, Arnoud ^a,b   Sofi, Dana ^a,c   van Breukelen, Gerard ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences NIAS KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c Osperon   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CBT; Clinical trial; Imagery Rescripting; PTSD; Refugees

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGERY RESCRIPTING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC SYMPTOM SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUGEE; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 84875507031     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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