Elaboration on posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic criteria: A factor analytic study of PTSD exposure to war or terror

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 84-90

  Bensimon, Moshe ^a   Levine, Stephen Zvi ^a   Zerach, Gadi ^b   Stein, Einat ^a   Svetlicky, Vlad ^c   Solomon, Zahava ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 84886672887     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
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