Assessment of PTSD symptoms in a community exposed to serial murder

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 809-815

  Herkov, Michael J ^a   Biernat, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; CRIME VICTIMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0030664377     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199712)53:8<809::AID-JCLP4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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