Partial PTSD versus full PTSD: An empirical examination of associated impairment

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1205-1214

  Breslau, Naomi ^a,b   Lucia, Victoria C ^a,b   Davis, Glenn C ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 8744282548     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704002594     Document Type: Article

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