Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 193-199 , May 2009

Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in adolescents: risk factors versus resilience moderation

  • Dylan S. Fincham

      Affiliations

    • MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 219389020; fax: +27 219335790.
    • ,
  • Lucas Korthals Altes

      Affiliations

    • MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa
    • ,
  • Dan J. Stein

      Affiliations

    • MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South Africa
    • ,
  • Soraya Seedat

      Affiliations

    • MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg, Cape Town 7505, South Africa

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.09.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 193-199 , May 2009

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