Early Symptom Predictors of Chronic Distress in Gulf War Veterans

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-152

  Thompson, Karin E ^a,b   Vasterling, Jennifer J ^a,b,c   Benotsch, Eric G ^d   Brailey, Kevin ^a,b,c   Constans, Joseph ^a,b,c   Uddo, Madeline ^a,b   Sutker, Patricia B ^b,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic distress; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 1342304069     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000110286.10445.ab     Document Type: Article

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