Examining comorbidity and posttraumatic stress disorder in a Vietnam veteran population using the MMPI-2

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 353-360

  Weyermann, Andrea G ^a   Norris, Fran H ^b   Hyer, Lee A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; MMPI 2; PTSD; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MOOD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; MOOD DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0029889091     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02110667     Document Type: Article

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