Posttraumatic stress disorder in children: A review of the past 10 years

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1503-1511

  Pfefferbaum, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stress; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; PROPRANOLOL;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030730860     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0890-8567(09)66558-8     Document Type: Review

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