Prescribing clinicians’ perspectives on evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder

Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 410-422

  Barnett, Erin R ^a,b   Bernardy, Nancy C ^a,c   Jenkyn, Aaron B ^c   Parker, Louise E ^d   Lund, Brian C ^e   Alexander, Bruce ^e   Friedman, Matthew J ^a,c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Dartmouth Trauma Intervention Research Center   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based practice; Implementation barriers; Pharmacology; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Veteran s affairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991470837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bs4040410     Document Type: Article

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