Chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: A review and checklist of factors influencing prognosis

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 304-312

  Simon, Robert I ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 0033025979     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229909017208     Document Type: Review

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