Time, before, and after time: Temporal self and social appraisals in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 344-348

  Brown, Adam D ^a,d   Buckner, Janine P ^b   Hirst, William ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity; Memory; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Self appraisals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 79952333330     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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