Trauma exposure and mental health characteristics of incarcerated females self-referred to specialty PTSD treatment

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 954-958

  Wolff, Nancy ^a   Frueh, Christopher ^b   Shi, Jing ^a   Gerardi, Douglas ^c   Fabrikant, Nicole ^a   Schumann, Brooke E ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^c Office of Policy and Planning   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA; DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL TRAUMA; TRAUMA EXPOSURE;

EID: 79961115261     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.8.pss6208_0954     Document Type: Article

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