Development of a Scale to Assess Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-165

  Scott, Wayne ^a   Dua, Jagdish ^b  

^a Vietnam Veteran's Counselling Serv   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment of stress; Posttraumatic stress; Stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033259371     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021966224338     Document Type: Article

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