Cognitive Processing Therapy for veterans with comorbid PTSD and alcohol use disorders

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 420-427

  Kaysen, Debra ^a,d   Schumm, Jeremiah ^b,c   Pedersen, Eric R ^e   Seim, Richard W ^b   Bedard Gilligan, Michele ^a   Chard, Kathleen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Treatment; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; VETERAN; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84889081209     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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