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Thesis
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy for Combat Veterans with PTSD
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
11/2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3434
Abstract
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious problem for numerous post war combat veterans who have experienced violent and traumatic conflict scenarios. The importance of determining and making available effective treatment regimes for this disorder has become increasingly more acute due to the growing number of combat veterans being identified and diagnosed. The purpose ofthis article is to provide a brief review of equine assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of combat veterans with PTSD and to discuss practice considerations for practitioners working in an outpatient care setting.
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- Title
- Equine Assisted Psychotherapy for Combat Veterans with PTSD
- Creators
- Nancy Masters
- Contributors
- Melvin Haberman (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590526701842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis