Early EMDR intervention following intense rocket attacks on a town: A randomised clinical trial

Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 194-205

  Shapiro, Elan ^a   Laub, Brurit ^a   Rosenblat, Ornit ^b  

^a Resilience Center Clinic ^*  (Israel)

^b Resilience Center Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

Early EMDR intervention; EMDR; Man made disaster mental health; Post traumatic depression; Post traumatic stress; PTSD; Recent traumatic episode protocol (R TEP); Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF RESILIENCE COPING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-5; EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBJECTIVE UNIT OF DISTURBANCE SCALE;

EID: 85048663947     PISSN: 17244935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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