The role of shame in posttraumatic stress disorder: A proposal for a socio-emotional model for DSM-V

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1032-1039

  Budden, Ashwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; DSM V; Emotion; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Shame; Social self; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; SYMPTOM; THEORY;

AFFECT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 69849099361     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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