Posttraumatic stress disorder and illness behaviour in HIV+ Patients

Psychological Reports

Volumn 79, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 843-845

  Botha, Karel F H ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SICK ROLE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0030331417     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.79.3.843     Document Type: Article

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