A latent class analysis of dissociation and posttraumatic stress disorder: Evidence for a dissociative subtype

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 698-705

  Wolf, Erika J ^a,b   Miller, Mark W ^a,b   Reardon, Annemarie F ^a   Ryabchenko, Karen A ^a   Castillo, Diane ^c   Freund, Rachel ^c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84863554392     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1574     Document Type: Article

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