Does experiential avoidance explain the relationships between shame, PTSD symptoms, and compulsive sexual behaviour among women in substance use treatment?

CONCLUSIONS: These results extend theoretical conceptualizations of women's CSB to a treatment population. CSB intervention efforts may benefit from targeting women's avoidance of painful experiences. PMID: 29873145 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29873145?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy - June 8, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Clin Psychol Psychother Source Type: research