Chronic posttraumatic stress disorder in vietnamese refugees: A prospective community study of prevalence, course, psychopathology, and stressors

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 85-90

  Hauff, Edvard ^a,b   Vaglum, Per ^b  

^a University of Osl   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SYMPTOM; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NORWAY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIETNAM;

EID: 0028207345     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199402000-00004     Document Type: Article

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