Integration and organization of trauma memories and posttraumatic symptoms

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 716-725

  O'Kearney, Richard ^a   Hunt, Aliza ^a   Wallace, Nancy ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155167715     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20690     Document Type: Article

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