Posttraumatic stress disorder in the dsm-5: Controversy, change, and conceptual considerations

Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Pai, Anushka ^a,b   Suris, Alina M ^a,b   North, Carol S ^b,c  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Program of Metrocare Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; DSM 5; Nosology; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychiatric diagnosis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017019407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/bs7010007     Document Type: Review

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