Comorbidity and course of psychiatric disorders in a community sample of former prisoners of war

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1740-1745

  Engdahl, Brian ^a   Dikel, Thomas N ^b   Eberly, Raina ^b   Blank Jr , Arthur ^b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WAR;

EID: 0031764015     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.12.1740     Document Type: Article

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