Post-traumatic stress disorder revisited: Deconstructing the A-criterion

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-106

  Maier, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 27744576256     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.07.028     Document Type: Article

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