Posttraumatic stress disorder treatment outcome research: The study of unrepresentative samples?

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 425-436

  Spinazzola, Joseph ^a   Blaustein, Margaret ^a   Van Der Kolk, Bessel A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749162221     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20050     Document Type: Review

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