Testing the robustness of the dysphoria factor of the Simms et al. (2002) model of posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Armour, Cherie ^a,b   McBride, Orla ^c   Shevlin, Mark ^b   Adamson, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

dysphoria; generalized anxiety disorder; major depression; NESARC; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959460463     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020848     Document Type: Article

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