Divalproex in posttraumatic stress disorder: An open-label clinical trial

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 395-401

  Clark, Ronald D ^a,b   Cañive, José M ^a,b   Calais, Lawrence A ^c   Qualls, Clifford R ^d   Tuason, Vicente B ^a,b  

^a VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Biomedical Research Institute of New Mexico   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Divalproex; Pharmacotherapy; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0033047138     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024797014210     Document Type: Article

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