Assessing Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Morbidity

Clinician's Guide to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 117-151

  Elhai, Jon D ^a   Ford, Julian D ^b   Naifeh, James A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Posttraumatic morbidity; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychopathology.; Trauma exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886701753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118269961.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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