Patterns of temperament and character in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and their association with symptom severity

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 226-231

  Yoon, Sujung J ^a   Jun, Chansoo S ^b   An, Hye young ^b   Kang, Hyoung Ryul ^b   Jun, Tae Youn ^c  

^a St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; CHARACTER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 64149105952     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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