Symptoms and Subjective Quality of Life in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Longitudinal Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Giacco, Domenico ^a,b   Matanov, Aleksandra ^a   Priebe, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE REVISED; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANCHESTER SHORT ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SUBJECTIVE QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BALKAN PENINSULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUGEES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 84876021177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060991     Document Type: Article

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