A randomized controlled trial of a smartphone app for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 267-273

  Kuhn, Eric ^a,b   Kanuri, Nitya ^b   Hoffman, Julia E ^a   Garvert, Donn W ^a   Ruzek, Josef I ^a,b   Taylor, C Barr ^b,c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mobile apps; mobile phone intervention; posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTISING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85013484856     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000163     Document Type: Article

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