Adverse race-related events as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress disorder in Asian American Vietnam veterans

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 455-463

  Loo, Chalsa M ^a   Fairbank, John A ^b   Chemtob, Claude M ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American Pacific Islanders; DSM IV; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Race related stressors; Vietnam veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSISSIPPI SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; COMBAT DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RACE RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 22044452991     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000168239.51714.e6     Document Type: Article

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