Compensation seeking, comorbidity, and apparent exaggeration of PTSD symptoms among Vietnam combat veterans

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-6

  Smith, Daniel W ^a,c   Frueh, B Christopher ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0029877790     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.8.1.3     Document Type: Article

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