PTSD symptoms and comorbid mental disorders in Israeli war veterans

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 717-725

  Skodol, Andrew E ^a   Schwartz, Sharon ^b   Dohrenwend, Bruce P ^a   Levav, Itzhak ^c   Shrout, Patrick E ^d   Reiff, Marian ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WAR;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 0029906639     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.6.717     Document Type: Article

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