Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:665-666
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
Posttraumatic stress disorder: a descriptive study supporting DSM-III-R criteria
A Feinstein
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital, London, England.
Posttraumatic stress disorder, as defined by DSM-III, remains a
controversial diagnostic entity. This descriptive study, which was carried
out by the author in a war zone, supports the changes made in the criteria
in DSM-III-R.