Fear and Loathing: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Specificity of Anger in PTSD

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-105

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Ciesielski, Bethany G ^a   Tolin, David F ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEAR; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 76549092156     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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