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Clinical Research Article

Skills training followed by either EMDR or narrative therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in adult survivors of childhood abuse: a randomized controlled trial

Entrenamiento de habilidades seguido de EMDR o terapia narrativa para el trastorno de estres postraumatico en adultos sobrevivientes de abuso en la infancia: un ensayo controlado aleatorizado

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Article: 2332104 | Received 02 May 2023, Accepted 06 Mar 2024, Published online: 17 Apr 2024

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