Cumulative effect of multiple trauma on symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression in adolescents

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-127

  Suliman, Sharain ^a   Mkabile, Siyabulela G ^b   Fincham, Dylan S ^a   Ahmed, Rashid ^b   Stein, Dan J ^c   Seedat, Soraya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 59649125542     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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