A racial comparison of combat veterans evaluated for PTSD

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 692-702

  Frueh, B Christopher ^a,b   Gold, Paul B ^a   De Arellano, Michael A ^c   Brady, Kristine L ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BATTLE INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030921137     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6803_14     Document Type: Article

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