The stressor criterion for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been recently modified to include life-threatening illnesses, such as cancer, as precipitating traumatic events. We sought to examine the empiric evidence for cancer's inclusion as a traumatic stressor. Nine published studies asses
Post-traumatic stress disorder: A review of recent findings
β Scribed by Soraya Seedat; Murray B. Stein
- Book ID
- 107550427
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 373 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1523-3812
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