Evidence of acute stress disorder after diagnosis of cancer

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 864-866

  McGarvey, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Canterbury, Randolph J ^a   Cohen, Roger B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EYELID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031688625     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199809000-00013     Document Type: Article

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