Posttraumatic stress disorder in medically ill patients: What is known, what needs to be determined, and why is it important?

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-117

  Shemesh, Eyal ^a   Stuber, Margaret L ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33644519616     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900010646     Document Type: Review

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