Symptom exacerbations in trauma-focused treatments: Associations with treatment outcome and non-completion

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-77

  Larsen, Sadie E ^a,b   Wiltsey Stirman, Shannon ^c   Smith, Brian N ^d,e   Resick, Patricia A ^f  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Cognitive processing therapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prolonged exposure; Symptom exacerbations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTTRAUMATIC DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PTSD SYMPTOM SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM EXACERBATION; TRAUMA FOCUSED TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPTOM FLARE UP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84960356868     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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