Prolonged Exposure Therapy With Veterans and Active Duty Personnel Diagnosed With PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 339-347

  Wolf, Gregory K ^a   Kretzmer, Tracy ^a   Crawford, Eric ^b,c   Thors, Christina ^a   Wagner, H Ryan ^b,c   Strom, Thad Q ^a,d   Eftekhari, Afsoon ^e   Klenk, Megan ^c   Hayward, Laura ^f   Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^a,g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e VA Palo Alto HCS   (United States)

^f SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOLDIER; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84938963092     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.22029     Document Type: Article

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