Implosive therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder is based on the principle of exposing the patient to trauma-related cues until there is a reduction in the anxiety associated with the cues. It i s a relatively specialized procedure regarding which few clinicians receive extensiv
Implosive therapy for the treatment of combat-related PTSD
β Scribed by Judith A. Lyons; Terence M. Keane
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 979 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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