The role of war-zone trauma and PTSD in the etiology of antisocial behavior

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-209

  Fontana, Alan ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^a  

^a VA CT Hlthcare Syst W Haven Camp ^*

Author keywords

Antisocial behavior; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CAUSALITY; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 14844350941     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000154835.92962.e5     Document Type: Article

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