Dissociation predicts treatment response in eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing for posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 112-130

  Bae, Hwallip ^a   Kim, Daeho ^b   Park, Yong Chon ^b  

^a Hanyang Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

comorbidity; dissociation; eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; Posttraumatic stress disorder; treatment response

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEREALIZATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MENTAL PATIENT; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT DROPOUTS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION REPROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955389128     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2015.1037039     Document Type: Article

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