Prolonged exposure therapy for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder: an examination of treatment effectiveness for veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Published in J Anxiety Disord on November 11, 2010

Authors

Peter W Tuerk1, Matthew Yoder, Anouk Grubaugh, Hugh Myrick, Mark Hamner, Ron Acierno

Author Affiliations

1: Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center, Mental Health Service, Charleston, SC 29401, United States. Tuerk@musc.edu

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