Posttraumatic stress symptomatology and cancer

Neel, M.L.

International Journal of Emergency Mental Health 2(2): 85-94

2000


ISSN/ISBN: 1522-4821
PMID: 11232177
Document Number: 519054
The extant nosological formulations of the American Psychiatric Association denotes that Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) maybe predicated upon some life threatening experience. Historically, combat, robbery, rape, and serious accidents have been included as traumatogenetic stressors. Only recently has life-threatening illness been considered as a traumatogenetic stressor. This paper reviews the relativity between cancer and posttraumatic stress.

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