Effects of a comprehensive training program on clinician beliefs about and intention to use prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 348-355

  Ruzek, Josef I ^a   Eftekhari, Afsoon ^a   Rosen, Craig S ^a   Crowley, Jill J ^a   Kuhn, Eric ^a   Foa, Edna B ^b   Hembree, Elizabeth A ^b   Karlin, Bradley E ^c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral; Exposure therapy; Prolonged Exposure; PTSD; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84946049929     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000004     Document Type: Article

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