The stressor criterion A in posttraumatic stress disorder: Issues, evidence, and implications

Anxiety Disorders: Theory, Research, and Clinical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 216-226

  Dohrenwend, Bruce ^a,b  

^a Department of Psychiatry College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University Division of Social Psychiatry New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84927066572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511777578.021     Document Type: Chapter

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