Does dissociation moderate treatment outcomes of narrative exposure therapy for PTSD? A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled clinical trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-28

  Halvorsen, Joar Øveraas ^a   Stenmark, Håkon ^b   Neuner, Frank ^c   Nordahl, Hans M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depersonalisation; Derealisation; Moderators; Narrative exposure therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPERSONALISATION; DEREALISATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFUGEE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; REFUGEES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899098607     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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