Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 163-169 , March 2008

Childhood trauma, trauma in adulthood, and psychiatric diagnoses: results from a community sample

  • Caron Zlotnick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    • Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 401 455 6529; fax: +1 401 455 6539.
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  • Jennifer Johnson

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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  • Robert Kohn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    • Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • ,
  • Benjamin Vicente

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Casilla 160C, Chile
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  • Pedro Rioseco

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Casilla 160C, Chile
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  • Sandra Saldivia

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental, Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion, Casilla 160C, Chile

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2007.08.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 163-169 , March 2008

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