Intensive Outpatient Prolonged Exposure for Combat-Related PTSD: A Case Study

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-96

  Blount, Tabatha H ^a   Cigrang, Jeffrey A ^b   Foa, Edna B ^c   Ford, Haley L ^a   Peterson, Alan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active duty military; Intensive outpatient; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prolonged exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROLONGED EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY SERVICE; MOTIVATION; NIGHTMARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 84891836196     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: 1878187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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