Fighting the psychological war on terrorism

Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-136

  Friedman, Matthew J ^a,b,e   Hamblen, Jessica L ^a   Foa, Edna B ^c   Charney, Dennis S ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e National Center for PTSD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLONIDINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GUANFACINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NOTE; PEDIATRICS; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LOCUS COERULEUS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; TERRORISM;

EID: 3142616809     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.67.2.123.35954     Document Type: Note

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