Homework “Dose,” Type, and Helpfulness as Predictors of Clinical Outcomes in Prolonged Exposure for PTSD

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 182-194

  Cooper, Andrew A ^a   Kline, Alexander C ^a   Graham, Belinda ^b   Bedard Gilligan, Michele ^b   Mello, Patricia G ^b   Feeny, Norah C ^a   Zoellner, Lori A ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; CBT; exposure; homework; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINAL EXPOSURE HOMEWORK; IN VIVO EXPOSURE HOMEWORK; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; SELF EVALUATION; SYMPTOM; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSION; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84966478670     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2016.02.013     Document Type: Article

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