A review of PTSD in children

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 176-184

  Dyregrov, Atle ^a   Yule, William ^b  

^a Center for Crisis Psychology   (Norway)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; IMIPRAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; WAR;

EID: 33750447621     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2005.00384.x     Document Type: Review

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