A primary care perspective of posttraumatic stress disorder for the Department of Veterans Affairs

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 180-187

  Ramaswamy, Sriram ^a,b   Madaan, Vishal ^c   Qadri, Faiz ^c   Heaney, Christopher J ^a,b   North, Terry C ^a,b   Padala, Prasad R ^a,d   Sattar, Syed P ^a,b   Petty, Frederick ^a,b  

^a VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Creighton Nebraska Psychiatry Residency Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MOOD STABILIZER; NIRAVAM; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TEMAZEPAM; TOPIRAMATE; TRAZODONE; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

AFGHANISTAN; ANXIETY; BATTLE INJURY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SOLDIER; VETERAN;

EID: 28944441519     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v07n0407     Document Type: Review

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