Initiation, dropout, and outcome from evidence-based psychotherapies in a VA PTSD outpatient clinic

Psychological Services

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 496-502

  Niles, Barbara L ^a,b   Polizzi, Craig P ^a   Voelkel, Emily ^a,c   Weinstein, Elizabeth S ^a   Smidt, Katharine ^a   Fisher, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dropout; Evidence based psychotherapies; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT DROPOUT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021864375     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ser0000175     Document Type: Article

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