Reducing intrusive traumatic memories after emergency caesarean section: A proof-of-principle randomized controlled study

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 94, Issue , 2017, Pages 36-47

  Horsch, Antje ^a   Vial, Yvan ^a   Favrod, Céline ^a   Harari, Mathilde Morisod ^a   Blackwell, Simon E ^b   Watson, Peter ^c   Iyadurai, Lalitha ^d   Bonsall, Michael B ^e   Holmes, Emily A ^f  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Childbirth; Cognitive; Computerized; Early intervention; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Proof of principle randomized controlled study; Universal intervention

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIDEO GAME; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018634661     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2017.03.018     Document Type: Article

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