Meta-analysis of psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder in adult survivors of childhood abuse

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 645-657

  Ehring, Thomas ^a   Welboren, Renate ^b   Morina, Nexhmedin ^b   Wicherts, Jelte M ^c   Freitag, Janina ^a   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Abuse; Childhood trauma; Meta analysis; PTSD; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84912034824     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.10.004     Document Type: Review

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