Risk factors and posttraumatic stress disorder: Are they especially predictive following exposure to less severe stressors?

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1091-1096

  McNally, Richard J ^a   Robinaugh, Donald J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual bracket creep; Criterion A; PTSD; resilience; risk factors; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 82955187729     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20867     Document Type: Article

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