The experience of chronic illness and post-traumatic stress disorder: The consequences of cumulative adversity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1475-1484

  Alonzo, Angelo A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Coping behavior; Cumulative adversity; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0033970255     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00399-8     Document Type: Article

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