Refining posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis: Evaluation of symptom criteria with the national survey of adolescents

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 748-755

  Ford, Julian D ^a,f   Elhai, Jon D ^b   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^c   Frueh, B Christopher ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67049164142     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08m04692     Document Type: Article

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