Efficacy of sertraline in posttraumatic stress disorder secondary to interpersonal trauma or childhood abuse

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-249

  Stein, Dan J ^a,d,e   Van Der Kolk, Bessel A ^b   Austin, Carol ^c   Fayyad, Rana ^c   Clary, Cathryn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; Interpersonal trauma; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Sertraline

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SERTRALINE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845666479     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401230600948431     Document Type: Article

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