TY  - JOUR
T1  - POsttraumatic stress disorder subtypes invalid
AU  - Carroll BJ
Y1  - 2011/09/01
N1  - 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.93
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 978
EP  - 980
VL  - 68
IS  - 9
N2  - 
The essential error consists in the drawing of categorical conclusions from dimensional analyses. A statistically significant triple interaction among allele carrier status, PTSD status, and baseline serum cortisol concentration or change in cortisol concentration with dexamethasone administration does not identify a specific dysfunction or a PTSD subtype. Further to the fictive status of these proposals, operational definitions of the supposed subtypes of PTSD were not given.

SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.93
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.93
ER  -