Psychiatric syndromes in Persian Gulf war veterans: An association of handling dead bodies with somatoform disorders

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 67, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 275-279

  Labbate, Lawrence A ^a,d   Cardeña, Etzel ^b   Dimitreva, Juliette ^b   Roy, Michael ^b,c   Engel, Charles C ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Major depression; Military; Persian gulf war; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROSIS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031905110     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000012292     Document Type: Article

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