Randomized controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy for comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorders

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1397-1410

  Sannibale, Claudia ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a   Creamer, Mark ^b   Sitharthan, Thiagarajan ^c   Bryant, Richard A ^d   Sutherland, Kylie ^a   Taylor, Kirsten ^a   Bostock Matusko, Delphine ^a   Visser, Alicia ^c   Peek O'Leary, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT); Exposure therapy; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Randomized controlled trial (RCT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880283752     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12167     Document Type: Article

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