Traumatic events: Prevalence and delayed recall in the general population

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 811-820

  Elliott, Diana M ^a,b,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030826683     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.65.5.811     Document Type: Article

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