Rates of DSM-IV-TR trauma exposure and posttraumatic stress disorder among newly matriculated college students

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-156

  Read, Jennifer P ^a   Ouimette, Paige ^b,c   White, Jacquelyn ^d   Colder, Craig ^a   Farrow, Sherry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

college; gender; PTSD; socio demographic risk; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959424613     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021260     Document Type: Article

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