Intensive prolonged exposure therapy for chronic PTSD patients following multiple trauma and multiple treatment attempts;Terapia de exposición prolongada intensiva para pacientes con PTSD crónico después de traumas múltiples y múltiples intentos de tratamiento

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Hendriks, Lotte ^a,b   Kleine, Rianne A de ^a,c   Broekman, Theo G ^d   Hendriks, Gert Jan ^a,b,e   Minnen, Agnes van ^a,b,f  

^a Overwaal Centre of Expertise for Anxiety Disorders   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Bureau Beta   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f PSYTREC Psychotrauma Expertise Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(complex) PTSD; (prolonged) exposure; intensive treatment; predictors; response patterns; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045119702     PISSN: 20008198     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20008198.2018.1425574     Document Type: Article

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