A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of brief-CBT for patients with symptoms of posttraumatic stress following a motor vehicle crash

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-47

  Wu, Kitty K ^a   Li, Frendi W ^b   Cho, Valda W ^c  

^a KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Exposure; Road traffic accident; Self help intervention; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SELF CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84889071782     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465812000859     Document Type: Article

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