Posttraumatic stress symptom clusters associations with psychopathology and functional impairment

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 936-940

  Heir, Trond ^a   Piatigorsky, Auran ^a   Weisæth, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Natural disasters; Post traumatic stress; PTSD conceptualization; PTSD criteria

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CRITERION VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; NORWAY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TSUNAMI;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 77957859834     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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