Trauma and cumulative adversity in women of a disadvantaged social location

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-465

  Kubiak, Sheryl Pimlott ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conviction; Drug use; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

ADULT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 27644573429     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.75.4.451     Document Type: Article

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