Partners' ratings of combat veterans' PTSD symptomatology

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 327-334

  Taft, Casey T ^a   King, Lynda A ^a   King, Daniel W ^a,b   Leskin, Gregory A ^a   Riggs, David S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Mississippi Scale; PTSD; Score concordance; Vietnam veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIET NAM;

COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 0032589524     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024780610575     Document Type: Article

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