Dialogical Exposure with Traumatically Bereaved Bosnian Women: Findings from a Controlled Trial

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 604-618

  Hagl, Maria ^a   Powell, Steve ^b   Rosner, Rita ^a,c   Butollo, Willi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ProMENTE   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dialogical exposure; Gestalt therapy; Grief; Loss; Missing; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARE;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARE;

EID: 84957959199     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.1921     Document Type: Article

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