Comparing Response to Cognitive Processing Therapy in Military Veterans With Subthreshold and Threshold Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 703-709

  Dickstein, Benjamin D ^a   Walter, Kristen H ^a   Schumm, Jeremiah A ^a   Chard, Kathleen M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84890425675     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21869     Document Type: Article

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