Controlled trial of psychotherapy for congolese survivors of sexual violence

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2182-2191

  Bass, Judith K ^a   Annan, Jeannie ^b   Murray, Sarah McIvor ^a   Kaysen, Debra ^c   Griffiths, Shelly ^d   Cetinoglu, Talita ^e   Wachter, Karin ^f   Murray, Laura K ^a   Bolton, Paul A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (Congo)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878527714     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1211853     Document Type: Article

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