Cognitive processing therapy for the treatment of acute stress disorder following sexual assault: A randomised effectiveness study

Behaviour Change

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 232-250

  Nixon, Reginald D V ^a   Best, Talitha ^a   Wilksch, Sarah R ^a   Angelakis, Samantha ^a   Beatty, Lisa J ^a   Weber, Nathan ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing therapy; Effectiveness; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sexual assault; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SURVIVOR; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85014570533     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: 20497768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/bec.2017.2     Document Type: Article

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