The stressor criterion in PTSD: Notes on the genealogy of a problematic construct

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-270

  Seidler, Günter H ^a,c   Wagner, Frank E ^b  

^a Hospital for Psychosomatic and General Clinical Medicine   (Germany)

^b Hospital for Psychosomatic and General Clinical Medicine

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENEALOGY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33749590938     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2006.60.3.261     Document Type: Article

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