Heterogeneity in the course of posttraumatic stress disorder: Trajectories of symptomatology

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 331-339

  Dickstein, Benjamin D ^a,d   Suvak, Michael ^a   Litz, Brett T ^b   Adler, Amy B ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^c US Army Medical Research Unit Europe   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 77954592707     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20523     Document Type: Article

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