Posttraumatic stress disorder part III: Health effects of interpersonal violence among women

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-173

  Hegadoren, K M ^a   Lasiuk, G C ^a   Coupland, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

"complex" posttraumatic stress disorder; "complex" PTSD; DESNOS; Disorders of extreme stress; Gender; Interpersonal trauma; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746866316     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2006.00078.x     Document Type: Review

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