Changes in diagnostic criteria of PTSD: Implications from two prospective longitudinal studies

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-188

  Solomon, Zahava ^a   Horesh, Danny ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; DSM; Military psychiatry; Prisoners of war; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEBANON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 34249815198     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.2.182     Document Type: Review

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