Cognitive-behavioral group treatment for veterans diagnosed with PTSD: Design of a hybrid efficacy-effectiveness clinical trial

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-130

  Sloan, Denise M ^a,b,c   Unger, William ^d   Gayle Beck, J ^e  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VA National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Providence Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VETERAN; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 84954545212     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.12.016     Document Type: Article

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