Statistical support for subtypes in posttraumatic stress disorder: The how and why of subtype analysis

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 671-678

  Dalenberg, Constance J ^a   Glaser, Dale ^a   Alhassoon, Omar M ^a,b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic classification; Dissociation; latent class analysis; subtyping; taxometrics

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; DSM-IV; EMPATHY; EXTERNALIZING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNALIZING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; NONDISSOCIATIVE POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SOMATIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84864776865     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.21926     Document Type: Review

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