Trauma narratives in posttraumatic stress disorder: A review

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-93

  O'Kearney, Richard ^a,b   Perrott, Kelly ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NARRATIVE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SENSORY ANALYSIS; AFFECT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFFECT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; NARRATION; SEMANTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33745334344     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20099     Document Type: Review

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