Posttraumatic stress disorder among African Americans in an inner city mental health clinic

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 212-215

  Schwartz, Ann C ^a   Bradley, Rebekah L ^a   Melissa, Sexton ^b   Sherry, Alissa ^c   Ressler, Kerry J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SYMPTOM SCALE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 13444293517     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.212     Document Type: Review

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