A comparison of chronic combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients with and without a history of suicide attempt

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 460-463

  Freeman, Thomas W ^a,b   Roca, Vincent ^a,b   Moore, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0033925766     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200007000-00011     Document Type: Article

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