Post-traumatic stress symptoms in mothers following children's reports of sexual abuse: An exploratory study

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 463-467

  Timmons Mitchell, Jane ^a,d   Chandler Holtz, Dawn ^b   Semple, William E ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030014892     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080196     Document Type: Article

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