Treatment compliance and effectiveness in complex PTSD patients with co-morbid personality disorder undergoing stabilizing cognitive behavioral group treatment: A preliminary study

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Dorrepaal, Ethy ^a,b,c   Thomaes, Kathleen ^a,b   Smit, Johannes H ^a,b   Veltman, Dick J ^a,b   Hoogendoorn, Adriaan W ^a   van Balkom, Anton J L M ^a,b   Draijer, Nel ^a,b  

^a GGZ inGeest   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PsyQ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Cognitive behavioral treatment; Complex PTSD; Dissociative subtype; Personality disorders; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927519451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21171     Document Type: Article

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