The Clinical Relevance of a Partial Remission Specifier for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-518

  Johnson, Dawn M ^a,d   Zlotnick, Caron ^a,b   Zimmerman, Mark ^a,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Summa Kent State Center for the Treatment and Study of Traumatic Stress   (United States)

Author keywords

Partial remission; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric patients; Psychodiagnosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REMISSION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142041406     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025770814096     Document Type: Article

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