Prevention of chronic PTSD with early cognitive behavioral therapy. A meta-analysis using mixed-effects modeling

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 753-761

  Kliem, Sören ^a,b   Kröger, Christoph ^b  

^a Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Meta analysis; Post traumatic stress disorder; Trauma focused cognitive behavioral treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; META-ANALYSIS; POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TRAUMA-FOCUSED COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84884706178     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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