Verbal and physical aggression in world war II former prisoners of war: Role of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 859-866

  O'Donnell, Casey ^a,b   Cook, Joan M ^b   Thompson, Richard ^c,d   Riley, Kevin ^a   Neria, Yuval ^b  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Juvenile Protective Association   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; VERBAL HOSTILITY; ARTICLE; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TORTURE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VETERAN; WAR;

AGGRESSION; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TORTURE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VETERANS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 33847782467     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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