Psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid substance use disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-38

  Roberts, Neil P ^a,b   Roberts, Pamela A ^b   Jones, Neil ^b   Bisson, Jonathan I ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Meta analysis; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychological intervention; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUBSTANCE USE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPLICATION; GROUP THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924770725     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.02.007     Document Type: Review

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