Lifetime and Current Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders Among Vietnam Veterans and Controls

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 207-215

  Jordan, B Kathleen ^a   Schlenger, William E ^a   Hough, Richard ^b,c   Kulka, Richard A ^d   Weiss, Daniel ^e   Fairbank, John A ^a   Marmar, Charles R ^e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIGHTING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 0026033671     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1991.01810270019002     Document Type: Article

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