Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in DSM-5: New Criteria and Controversies

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-220

  Miller, Mark W ^a   Wolf, Erika J ^a   Keane, Terence M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DSM 5; ICD 11; Dissociative subtype; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908693276     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12070     Document Type: Article

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