Posttraumatic polarization in psychiatry and law

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 335-343

  Beahrs, John O ^a,b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Amer Acad of Psychiat and Law   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW;

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JURISPRUDENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0032997427     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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