Substance use, post-traumatic stress disorder and violence

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-246

  Johnson, Sharon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder; Substance use disorders; Violence

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 41749098382     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3282fc9889     Document Type: Review

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