Losing the Symptoms: Weight Loss and Decrease in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 655-660

  Johannessen, Kim Berg ^a   Berntsen, Dorthe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depression; Health; PTSD; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877713438     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21962     Document Type: Article

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