Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity predicts aggression after treatment

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-342

  Makin Byrd, Kerry ^a,b   Bonn Miller, Marcel O ^a   Drescher, Kent ^a   Timko, Christine ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Conflict; PTSD; Residential treatment; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84856238193     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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