Interventions to Reduce Distress in Adult Victims of Rape and Sexual Violence: A Systematic Review

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-265

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Alaggia, Ramona ^a   Dennis, Jane ^b   Pitts, Annabel ^a   Saini, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Campbell Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive processing therapy; eye movement desensitization reprocessing; prolonged exposure therapy; rape; sexual assault; systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876061894     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731512474103     Document Type: Review

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