Atrocities exposure in Vietnam combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder: Relationship to combat exposure, symptom severity, guilt, and interpersonal violence

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 777-785

  Beckham, Jean C ^a,b   Feldman, Michelle E ^b   Kirby, Angela C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrocities; Guilt; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESPONSIBILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIET NAM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031647462     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024453618638     Document Type: Article

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