Alexithymia and PTSD symptoms in Urban Police Officers: Cross-sectional and prospective findings

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-373

  McCaslin, Shannon E ^a,d   Metzler, Thomas J ^a   Best, Suzanne R ^a   Liberman, Akiva ^b   Weiss, Daniel S ^a   Fagan, Jeffrey ^c   Marmar, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

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

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERRORISM; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33750103162     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20133     Document Type: Article

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