Posttraumatic stress disorder and health status: The Veterans Health Study

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-86

  Spiro III, Avron ^a,b,c   Hankin, Cheryl S ^b,c   Mansell, Dorcas ^d   Kazis, Lewis E ^b,c  

^a Normative Aging Study   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Health status; Mental health treatment; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; VETERAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 33644873216     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004479-200601000-00008     Document Type: Article

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