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Family and past history of mental illness as predisposing factors in post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychotherapy and psychosomatics - 1 Jan 2000
McKenzie N, Marks I, Liness S
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BACKGROUND: Family studies of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have given inconsistent results to date. Identifying predisposing factors in PTSD compared to anxiety disorders may help to clarify the classification of PTSD as a diagnostic entity. METHOD: Retrospective case note study of 87 PTSD patients who participated in an RCT, and 51 PTSD patients and 87 agoraphobics treated routinely in outpatients....
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