What determines post-traumatic stress disorder symtomatology for survivors of childhood sexual abuse?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 575-582

  Briggs, Lynne ^a,c   Joyce, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Univ Dept of Psychol Medicine   (New Zealand)

^c Family Mental Health Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder; Specific effects of CSA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0030950034     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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