Post-traumatic stress disorder and depression: An analysis of comorbidity

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue MAY, 1997, Pages 479-482

  Bleich, Avi ^a,b   Koslowsky, Meni ^b,c   Dolev, Aliza ^b   Lerer, Bernard ^b,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; WAR;

EID: 0030920164     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.5.479     Document Type: Article

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