Family and past history of mental illness as predisposing factors in post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 163-165

  McKenzie, Nigel ^a   Marks, Isaac ^b   Liness, Sheena ^b  

^a Waterlow Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family history; Past history; Post traumatic stress disorders; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0035003046     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056243     Document Type: Article

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