Posttraumatic stress disorder: Do electrical startle responses and thyroid function usefully supplement self-report? A study of Vietnam War veterans

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-339

  Wells, J Elisabeth ^a   Williams, Timothy H ^b   Macleod, Alastair D ^c   Carroll, Grant J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic stress disorder; Questionnaires; Startle reaction; Thyroid function; Vietnam War veterans

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEW ZEALAND; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIZATION; SOLDIER; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; VIET NAM;

AGED; BLINKING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; VETERANS;

EID: 0038641043     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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