Racial, differences in psychotic symptoms among combat veterans with PTSD

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 157-161

  Frueh, B Christopher ^a,d   Hamner, Mark B ^a   Bernat, Jeffrey A ^a   Turner, Samuel M ^b   Keane, Terence M ^c   Arana, George W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Psychosis; PTSD; Racial differences; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEGRO; PARANOIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR;

COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0036912750     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.10068     Document Type: Article

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