Prevalence and characteristics of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in a southwestern American Indian community

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1582-1588

  Robin, Robert W ^a,b   Chester, Barbara ^a   Rasmussen, Jolene K ^a   Jaranson, James M ^a   Goldman, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BATTLE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030735230     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.11.1582     Document Type: Article

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