Gun use, attitudes toward violence, and aggression among combat veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 317-320

  Freeman, Thomas W ^a,b   Roca, Vincent ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIREARM; HABIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS; VIETNAM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035035305     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200105000-00008     Document Type: Article

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