Maladaptive behaviours after catastrophic events: The contribute of a "spectrum" approach to post traumatic stress disorders

Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 49-56

  Dell'Osso, Liliana ^a   Carmassi, Claudia ^a   Stratta, Paolo ^b   Rossi, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE STRESS; MALADJUSTMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84863907629     PISSN: 15921638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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