Post traumatic stress disorder: Is it under or over recognized in clinical practice?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 781-782

  Gadit, Amin A Muhammad ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EATING DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISASTERS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PAKISTAN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77956213735     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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