Posttraumatic stress disorder and functioning and quality of life outcomes in a nationally representative sample of male Vietnam veterans

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1690-1695

  Zatzick, Douglas F ^a   Marmar, Charles R ^b   Weiss, Daniel S ^b   Browner, Warren S ^b   Metzler, Thomas J ^b   Golding, Jacqueline M ^b   Stewart, Anita ^b   Schlenger, William E ^b   Wells, Kenneth B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIET NAM; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 0030721743     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.12.1690     Document Type: Article

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