A french adaptation of the posttraumatic diagnostic scale

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-28

  Hearn, Melissa ^a   Ceschi, Grazia ^a   Fürst, Guillaume ^b   Brillon, Pascale ^a   Van Linden, Martial Der ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dysphoria; Factor analysis; PDS; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856682667     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025591     Document Type: Article

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