Sudden gains in two psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-22

  König, Julia ^a   Karl, Regina ^b   Rosner, Rita ^a   Butollo, Willi ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing therapy; Dialogical exposure therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Sudden gain; Sudden loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIALOGICAL EXPOSURE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUDDEN GAIN; SUDDEN LOSS; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904298758     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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