Predictors of completion of exposure therapy in OEF/OIF veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1107-1113

  Gros, Daniel F ^a,b   Price, Matthew ^c   Yuen, Erica K ^d   Acierno, Ron ^a,b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

disability; dropout; exposure therapy; Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Iraqi Freedom; posttraumatic stress disorder; social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DSM-IV; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXPOSURE BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEHEALTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; WAR;

DISABILITY; DROPOUT; EXPOSURE THERAPY; OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM; OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887230122     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22207     Document Type: Article

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