Psychotherapy for military-related PTSD: A review of randomized clinical trials

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 489-500

  Steenkamp, Maria M ^a   Litz, Brett T ^b   Hoge, Charles W ^c   Marmar, Charles R ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION PROGRAM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESENT CENTERED THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROLONGED EXPOSURE THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOLDIER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84938782080     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.8370     Document Type: Review

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