The stressor criterion for posttraumatic stress disorder: Does it matter?

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Andrea L ^a   Dohrenwend, Bruce P ^c   Aiello, Allison E ^d   Wright, Rosalind J ^b   Maercker, Andreas ^e   Galea, Sandro ^c   Koenen, Karestan C ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYMPTOM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84857780172     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.11m07054     Document Type: Article

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