The structure of posttraumatic stress disorder: Latent class analysis in 2 community samples

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1343-1351

  Breslau, Naomi ^a   Reboussin, Beth A ^b   Anthony, James C ^a   Storr, Carla L ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 28544452433     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.62.12.1343     Document Type: Article

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