The course of PTSD in naturalistic long-term studies: High variability of outcomes. A systematic review

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 483-496

  Steinert, Christiane ^a   Hofmann, Mareike ^a   Leichsenring, Falk ^a   Kruse, Johannes ^a,b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Course; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Predictors; PTSD; Recovery; Remission

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISASTER VICTIM; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISASTER VICTIMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRAGMATIC CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 84946833467     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2015.1005023     Document Type: Review

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