Symptom patterns associated with chronic PTSD in male veterans: New findings from the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Marshall, Randall D ^a,b   Turner, J Blake ^c   Lewis Fernandez, Roberta ^a,b   Koenan, Karestan ^d   Neria, Yuval ^a,c   Dohrenwend, Bruce P ^b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Harvard School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Chronicity; NVVRS; PTSD; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; WAR;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 33646446016     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000207363.25750.56     Document Type: Article

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