Simple versus complex PTSD: A cluster analytic investigation

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 459-472

  Taylor, Steven ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^b   Carleton, R Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Complex PTSD; Personality disorder; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SOMATIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646128488     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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