Treating PTSD Within the Context of Heightened Suicide Risk

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Bryan, Craig J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

PTSD; Suicide; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE RISK PATIENT; LOW RISK PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84976306077     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-016-0708-z     Document Type: Review

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