Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Following Trauma: Understanding Comorbidity
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 30 July 2004
Meaghan O’Donnell, Mark Creamer, Philippa Pattison
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While PTSD and comorbid PTSD/depression are indistinguishable, the findings support the existence of depression as a separate construct in the acute, but not the chronic, aftermath of trauma.
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While PTSD and comorbid PTSD/depression are indistinguishable, the findings support the existence of depression as a separate construct in the acute, but not the chronic, aftermath of trauma.
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