The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on partners and children of Australian Vietnam veterans

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 841-847

  Westerink, Jan ^a   Giarratano, Leah ^a  

^a ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Families; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSOMNIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; VIET NAM;

EID: 0033371591     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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