Usefulness and validity of post-traumatic stress disorder as a psychiatric category

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7312, 2001, Pages 561-563

  Mezey, G ^a   Robbins, I ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAW SUIT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL DISABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035828455     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7312.561     Document Type: Short Survey

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