Malingering and the PTSD Data Base

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues and Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 85-99

  Rosen, Gerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic determinations; Historical perspective; Malingering; Posttrauma reactions; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646162996     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713570.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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