Spotting - and treating - PTSD in primary care

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-80

  Freedy, John R ^a   Brock, Clive D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUOXETINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PANIC; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77249120697     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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