Predictors of emotional numbing in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 607-618

  Litz, Brett T ^a   Schlenger, William E ^b   Weathers, Frank W ^a   Caddell, Juesta M ^b   Fairbank, John A ^b   LaVange, Lisa M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional numbing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; APATHY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIET NAM;

EID: 0030663226     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490100407     Document Type: Article

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