Beyond categorical classifications: The importance of identifying posttrauma symptom trajectories and associated negative outcomes

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2014, Pages e947-e949

  Nazem, Sarra ^a,b   Spitzer, Elizabeth G ^a   Brenner, Lisa A ^a,b   Bahraini, Nazanin H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFESPAN; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; NOTE; OPTIMISM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERAN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERANS;

EID: 84922018522     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14com09450     Document Type: Note

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