Treatment of sexual trauma dissolves contamination fear: Case report

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages 1-4

  Nijdam, Mirjam J ^a   van der Pol, Marthe M ^a   Dekens, Ron E ^a   Olff, Miranda ^a,b   Denys, Damiaan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ARQ PSYCHOTRAUMA EXPERT GROUP   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combined treatment; Comorbidity; Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Pharmacological treatment; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977090606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.19157     Document Type: Article

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