The long-term sequelae of sexual abuse: Support for a complex posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-205

  Zlotnick, Caron ^a   Zakriski, Audrey L ^a   Shea, M Tracie ^a   Costello, Ellen ^a   Begin, Ann ^a   Pearlstein, Teri ^a   Simpson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood sexual abuse; complex posttraumatic stress disorder; disorder of extreme stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0029898844     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02110655     Document Type: Article

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