Emotional deficits in military-related PTSD: An investigation of content and process disturbances

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-279

  Monson, Candice M ^a   Price, Jennifer L ^a   Rodriguez, Benjamin F ^b   Ripley, Moira P ^a   Warner, Reid A ^c  

^a VA National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; alexithymia; emotion; emotional numbing; experiential avoidance; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THOUGHT DISORDER; TRAUMATOLOGY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; DEPRESSION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 3042842362     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOTS.0000029271.58494.05     Document Type: Article

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