Can post-traumatic stress disorder be diagnosed in adolescence without a catastrophic stressor? A case report

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-83

  Weaver, Andrew ^a  

^a Macclesfield District General   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Bullying; Diagnosis; Post traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033956792     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104500005001008     Document Type: Article

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