Long-term consequences of unrecognised PTSD in general outpatient psychiatry

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 580-585

  Al Saffar, Saud ^a,b   Borgå, Per ^b   Hällström, Tore ^b  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Outcome; Outpatient psychiatry; PTSD; Self rated health; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036997465     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-002-0586-z     Document Type: Article

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