Posttraumatic stress disorder: An overview

American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 79-89

  Ohayon, Maurice M ^a  

^a Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOLDIER; STRESS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0031784883     PISSN: 01631942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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