Assessment of PTSD and other mental disorders in World War II and Korean conflict POW survivors and combat veterans

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 18-25

  Sutker, Patricia B ^a,b,c   Allain Jr , Albert N ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029875778     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.8.1.18     Document Type: Article

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