Anhedonia, emotional numbing, and symptom overreporting in male veterans with PTSD

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 725-735

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^b   Christopher Frueh, B ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Emotional numbing; Positive emotions; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250720631     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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