Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Preliminary Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory Scale to Identify Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-64

  Wolf, Gregory K ^a   Reinhard, Matthew ^a,b   Cozolino, Louis J ^c   Caldwell, Alex ^d,e   Asamen, Joy K ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Caldwell Report   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; childhood abuse; complex PTSD; MMPI

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049115755     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015162     Document Type: Article

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