Clinical issues and treatment considerations for new veterans: Soldiers of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 66-71

  Hutchinson, Janice ^a   Banks Williams, Lisa ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; IRAQ; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 33645114687     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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