## This report describes the reactivation of a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a minor head injury in two young women who had recovered from extreme stress caused by sexual abuse during adolescence. Intrusive thoughts, images, dreams, and phobic avoidance bear a direct relationship to the
Psychosocial treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder
β Scribed by Susan D. Solomon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1077-2413
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