Effects of psychotherapy on DNA strand break accumulation originating from traumatic stress

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 289-297

  Morath, Julia ^a   Moreno Villanueva, Maria ^b   Hamuni, Gilava ^a   Kolassa, Stephan ^d   Ruf Leuschner, Martina ^a   Schauer, Maggie ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a   Bürkle, Alexander ^b   Kolassa, Iris Tatjana ^a,c  

^a Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d SAP AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA damage and repair; Narrative Exposure Therapy; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DNA; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NARRATIVE THERAPY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WATCHFUL WAITING; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT; INJURY; IONIZING RADIATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA BREAKS; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATIVE THERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899907214     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362739     Document Type: Article

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