Complex PTSD, interpersonal trauma and relational consequences: Findings from a treatment-receiving Northern Irish sample

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 71-80

  Dorahy, Martin J ^a,b   Corry, Mary ^a   Shannon, Maria ^a   MacSherry, Anne ^a   Hamilton, Geraldine ^a   McRobert, Geordie ^a   Elder, Rhonda ^a   Hanna, Donncha ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex PTSD; DESNOS; Interpersonal trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56249132096     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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