Adjustment disorders

Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 240-242

  Bisson, Jonathan I ^c   Sakhuja, Divya ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

adjustment disorder; adjustment reaction; stress related disorders; subclinical psychiatric disorder; trauma

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33845358458     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.mppsy.2006.04.004     Document Type: Review

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