Understanding the relationship between co-occurring PTSD and MDD: Symptom severity and affect

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1123-1130

  Post, Loren M ^a   Zoellner, Lori A ^b   Youngstrom, Eric ^c   Feeny, Norah C ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Co occurrence; Comorbidity; Major depressive disorder; Negative affect; Positive affect; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERAROUSAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 80054679609     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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