Psychological distress and burden among female partners of combat veterans with PTSD

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-151

  Manguno Mire, Gina ^a,b   Sautter, Frederic ^a,b   Lyons, Judith ^b,c   Myers, Leann ^d   Perry, Dana ^b   Sherman, Michelle ^b,e   Glynn, Shirley ^f   Sullivan, Greer ^b,g  

^a Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c G V SONNY MONTGOMERY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Family factors; Marital relationships; Partner burden; Psychological distress; PTSD; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SPOUSE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THREAT; VETERAN;

CAREGIVERS; COMBAT DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

EID: 33847075426     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000254755.53549.69     Document Type: Article

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