Taxometric Investigation of PTSD: Data From Two Nationally Representative Samples

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 364-380

  Broman Fulks, Joshua J ^a   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^b   Green, Bradley A ^c   Kilpatrick, Dean G ^b   Danielson, Carla Kmett ^b   Resnick, Heidi S ^b   Saunders, Benjamin E ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750321879     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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