Veterans' perspectives on initiating evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 539-546

  Hundt, Natalie E ^a,b   Mott, Juliette M ^c   Miles, Shannon R ^a,b   Arney, Jennifer ^d   Cully, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Stanley, Melinda A ^a,b  

^a EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers and facilitators; Evidence based psychotherapy; Patient perspectives; PTSD; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84928407821     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000035     Document Type: Review

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