Conflict between current knowledge about posttraumatic stress disorder and its original conceptual basis

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1705-1713

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a   McFarlane, Alexander C ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROBIOLOGY; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0028856568     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.152.12.1705     Document Type: Article

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