Physical symptoms, posttraumatic stress disorder, and healthcare utilization of women with and without childhood physical and sexual abuse

Psychological Reports

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 595-606

  Farley, Melissa ^a,c   Patsalides, Beatrice M ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Survivors International   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0035748749     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.89.3.595     Document Type: Article

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