Randomized controlled trial of accelerated resolution therapy (ART) for symptoms of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1298-1309

  Kip, Kevin E ^a   Rosenzweig, Laney ^a   Hernandez, Diego F ^b   Shuman, Amy ^c   Sullivan, Kelly L ^d   Long, Christopher J ^a   Taylor, James ^e   McGhee, Stephen ^e   Girling, Sue Ann ^a   Wittenberg, Trudy ^a   Sahebzamani, Frances M ^a   Lengacher, Cecile A ^a   Kadel, Rajendra ^a   Diamond, David M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Balanced Living Psychology   (United States)

^c WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; TIME; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 84889646008     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00298     Document Type: Article

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