Caregiver burden and psychological distress in partners of veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-212

  Calhoun, Patrick S ^a,b   Beckham, Jean C ^a,b   Bosworth, Hayden B ^b  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Partner psychological adjustment; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; SOMATIZATION; SPOUSE; SUPPORT GROUP; VIET NAM; VIOLENCE; WAR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBAT DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NORTH CAROLINA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VETERANS; VIETNAM; VIOLENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035985880     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015251210928     Document Type: Article

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