Written Exposure Therapy for Veterans Diagnosed with PTSD: A Pilot Study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 776-779

  Sloan, Denise M ^a,b,c   Lee, Daniel J ^b,c   Litwack, Scott D ^b   Sawyer, Alice T ^b,c   Marx, Brian P ^a,b,c  

^a VA National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84890431072     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21858     Document Type: Article

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