Is trauma a causal agent of psychopathologic symptoms in posttraumatic stress disorder? Findings from identical twins discordant for combat exposure

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1324-1330

  Gilbertson, Mark W ^a,b   McFarlane, Alexander C ^c   Weathers, Frank W ^d   Keane, Terence M ^e   Yehuda, Rachel ^f   Shalev, Arieh Y ^g   Lasko, Natasha B ^a,b   Goetz, Jared M ^h   Pitman, Roger K ^a,b  

^a Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; VIET NAM; WAR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78149334844     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.10m06121blu     Document Type: Article

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