Review and critique of the new DSM-IV diagnosis of acute stress disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1677-1685

  Marshall, Randall D ^a   Spitzer, Robert ^b   Liebowitz, Michael R ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032729767     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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