Pathways to traumatic stress syndromes

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-152

  Prigerson, Holly G ^a,b   Narayan, Meena ^b   Slimack, Michael ^b   Beery, Laurel C ^c   Jacobs, Selby C ^b  

^a Yale University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

EID: 0031908865     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199803000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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