The use of prolonged exposure therapy to help patients with post-traumatic stress disorder

Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 233-241

  McLean, Carmen P ^a   Foa, Edna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; evidence based treatment; post traumatic stress disorder; prolonged exposure therapy; trauma

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROLONGED EXPOSURE THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84899766473     PISSN: 20449038     EISSN: 20449046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/cpr.13.96     Document Type: Review

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