Treatment change of somatic symptoms and cultural syndromes among Cambodian refugees with PTSD

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-155

  Hinton, Devon E ^a,b,c   Kredlow, Maria A ^a   Bui, Eric ^a,d   Pollack, Mark H ^a   Hofmann, Stefan G ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Arbour Counseling Services   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CAMBODIAN; COGNITION; COLD LIMB; DECREASED APPETITE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 12; TINNITUS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84859817437     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20905     Document Type: Article

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