Remission from post-traumatic stress disorder in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of long term outcome studies

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-255

  Morina, Nexhmedin ^a   Wicherts, Jelte M ^b   Lobbrecht, Jakob ^a   Priebe, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NATURAL DISASTER; OBSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; REMISSION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897897802     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.03.002     Document Type: Review

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