Research article summary (published 30 May 2002):

Finding a home for post-traumatic stress disorder in biological psychiatry. Is it a disorder of anxiety, mood, stress, or memory?

Full Abstract

The collection of articles in this issue constitutes the most thorough review of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) yet. At this point, the accumulated phenomenological, epidemiological, biological, and treatment evidence make it crystal clear that PTSD stands alone as a unique psychiatric disorder. It is not the same as depression, although many PTSD patients are also depressed, and it is not the same as the other anxiety disorders, although PTSD patients frequently also suffer with panic attacks, social avoidance, and obsessive ruminations.

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Author information

Author/s: Sullivan, Gregory M (GM); Gorman, Jack M (JM);

Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 3, New York, NY 10032, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: The Psychiatric clinics of North America (Psychiatr Clin North Am), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 25 (issue 2) : pp 463-8, ix

Dates: Created 2002/07/24; Completed 2003/01/16; Revised 2005/11/16;

PMID: 12136510, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Anxiety Disorders - classification Biological Psychiatry - trends Humans Memory

Mood Disorders - classification Overlearning Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - classification; diagnosis; psychology Stress, Psychological

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