Post-traumatic stress disorder: a state-of-the-art review of evidence and challenges

World Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 259-269

  Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

access to treatment; cognitive behavior therapy; definition; DSM 5; evidence based treatment; ICD 11; Post traumatic stress disorder; trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; AMYGDALA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; DSM-5; DSM-III; EXPOSURE THERAPY; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; ICD-11; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85071940647     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20656     Document Type: Article

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