Brief eclectic psychotherapy for an older dutch woman with late-onset posttraumatic stress disorder complicated by a cerebral vascular accident

Clinical Case Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 423-435

  Gielkens, Ellen M J ^a   Van Alphen, Bas ^a,b   Sobczak, Sjacko ^a   Segal, Daniel L ^c  

^a Department of Old Age Psychiatry ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

brief eclectic psychotherapy; cerebral vascular accident; late onset PTSD; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRIEF ECLECTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEPRESSION; DUTCHMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84907219421     PISSN: 15346501     EISSN: 15523802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534650113517933     Document Type: Article

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