Use of the PAI in assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder among help-seeking veterans

Clinical Applications of the Personality Assessment Inventory

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 93-111

  Clancy, Carolina P ^b,c   Braxton, Loretta E ^c  

^a VA Mid Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC)   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84921274674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203856604     Document Type: Chapter

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