The present sludy addresses the use of standardized PTSD scales in determining traumatizarion in psychiatric inpalienls. Twenty-eight (53%) out of 53 psychiatric inpalients reported an experience of a psychological trauma. Fifteen subjects did fulfill the srressor criterion of DSM-III-R, while the t
Post-traumatic stress disorder in Dutch psychiatric in-patients
β Scribed by Johan E. Hovens; Henk M. Ploeg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 631 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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