Efficacy of a brief treatment for nightmares and sleep disturbances for Veterans

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 507-515

  Balliett, Noelle E ^a   Davis, Joanne L ^b   Miller, Katherine E ^b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Military; Parasomnia; Posttraumatic stress; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DREAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; WAR EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DREAMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; WAR EXPOSURE;

EID: 84929929293     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000055     Document Type: Article

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