Post-Admission Cognitive Therapy (PACT) for the prevention of suicide in military personnel with histories of trauma: Treatment development and case example

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 457-473

  Neely, Laura L ^a   Irwin, Kari ^a   Ponce, J T Carreno ^a   Perera, Kanchana ^a   Grammer, Geoffrey ^b   Ghahramanlou Holloway, Marjan ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; cognitive behavior therapy; inpatient; military; suicide prevention; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SOLDIER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84886822271     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650113501863     Document Type: Article

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