Psychiatry Research
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , 15 December 2001

Pre- and post-disaster negative life events in relation to the incidence and severity of post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Michael Maes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Clinical Research Center for Mental Health (CRC-MH), Limburg, Belgium
    • Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
    • IRCCS, Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
    • http://users.skynet.be/crc.mh
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Maastricht, Postbus 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31-43-3877443; fax: +31-43-3875444, +32-89-723531
    • ,
  • Jacques Mylle

      Affiliations

    • Royal Military School, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Laure Delmeire

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Research Center for Mental Health (CRC-MH), Limburg, Belgium
    • ,
  • Alexander Janca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Royal University of Perth, Perth, Australia

Received 21 November 2000 ,Revised 27 August 2001 ,Accepted 19 September 2001.

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