The Role of Intelligence in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Does it Vary by Trauma Severity?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Breslau, Naomi ^a   Chen, Qiaoling ^a   Luo, Zhehui ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; DISASTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DSM-IV; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ASSAULT; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MICHIGAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84878864571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065391     Document Type: Article

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