In the shadow of Iraq: Posttraumatic stress disorder in 2007

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 888-889

  Greenburg, David L ^a   Roy, Michael J ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARMY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IRAQ; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIGMA; VETERAN; VIET NAM; VIRTUAL REALITY; WAR;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; IRAQ; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 34248589356     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0172-x     Document Type: Editorial

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