Validity of 'post-traumatic stress disorder with secondary psychotic features': A review of the evidence

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Braakman, M H ^a,b,d   Kortmann, F A M ^b   Van Den Brink, W ^c  

^a Afdeling Lantaarn   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d De Gelderse Roos   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Literature review; Post traumatic; Psychotic disorders; Schizophrenia; Stress disorders

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; FLUPHENAZINE; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; RISPERIDONE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REALITY TESTING; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 57449096757     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01252.x     Document Type: Review

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