Signs and Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Abstract
The new diagnostic nomenclature of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-III) provides well-described categories of stress response syndromes that were not included in the previous nosology. The signs and symptoms of these syndromes used in the descriptive statements have been understood largely in terms of field studies of nonpatient populations and clinical descriptive and impressionistic studies of patient populations. We report quantitative data from the study of a population with post-traumatic stress disorder. The results confirm clinical impressions of the importance and wide prevalence of episodes of intrusive ideas and feelings in states of distress precipitated by serious life events.
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- Authors
- Horowitz, M. J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Horowitz, Mardi J.
- ORCID
- Horowitz, Mardi J.
- Venue
- Archives of General Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 1980-01-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 85
- ISSN
- 0003-990X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2112390801
- Cited by
- 319
- References
- 17
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- FWCI
- 16.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of General Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, DSM-III criteria, stress response syndromes, intrusive thoughts, distress, life events, symptom prevalence, disease classification
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Denial, Psychological, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Male, Neurotic Disorders, Psychological Tests, Stress, Psychological
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