Combat-experienced soldiers and tortured prisoners of war differ in the clinical presentation of post-traumatic stress disorder

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-15

  Kozaric Kovacic, Dragica ^a,b   Marusic, Ana ^a   Ljubin, Tajana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Combat stress; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prisoners of war

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; GUILT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLDIER; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TORTURE;

EID: 0032994371     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080394899426657     Document Type: Article

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