Further evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder but not dissociative disorders are related to amygdala and hippocampal size reduction in trauma-exposed individuals: Letter to the Editor

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 330-331

  Irle, E ^a   Lange, C ^a   Sachsse, U ^b   Weniger, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Psychiatric Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 61849110272     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01351.x     Document Type: Letter

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