Time Course of Treatment Dropout in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 115-121

  Gutner, Cassidy A ^a,b   Gallagher, Matthew W ^a,b   Baker, Aaron S ^a,c   Sloan, Denise M ^d   Resick, Patricia A ^e  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioral therapy; posttraumatic stress disorder; treatment dropout

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DROPOUT; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84955173624     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000062     Document Type: Article

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