VA residential treatment providers' use of two evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD: Global endorsement versus specific components

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 131-139

  Thompson, Richard ^a   Simiola, Vanessa ^b   Schnurr, Paula P ^c   Stirman, Shannon Wiltsey ^c   Cook, Joan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive therapy; evidence based practice; exposure therapy; Implementation; posttraumatic stress disorders

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCEDURES; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 85001105703     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000220     Document Type: Article

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