Effects of cognitive processing therapy on PTSD-related negative cognitions in veterans with military sexual trauma

Military Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1077-1082

  Holliday, Ryan ^a,b   Link Malcolm, Jessica ^a   Morris, Elizabeth E ^a   Surís, Alina ^a,b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84928492163     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00309     Document Type: Article

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