A comparison of personality characteristics of patients with posttraumatic stress disorders and substance dependence: Preliminary findings

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 616-618

  Vaidya, Nutan Atre ^a,b   Garfield, David A S ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0141763729     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000087189.11781.d6     Document Type: Article

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