The problem of dropout from "gold standard" PTSD therapies

F1000Prime Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Najavits, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENDER; GOLD STANDARD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROLONGED EXPOSURE THERAPY; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84928013507     PISSN: 20517599     EISSN: 20517599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12703/P7-43     Document Type: Article

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