Posttraumatic stress symptoms in Navy personnel: Prevalence rates among recruits in basic training

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 860-870

  Stander, Valerie A ^a   Merrill, Lex L ^a   Thomsen, Cynthia J ^b   Milner, Joel S ^b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Military; Posttraumatic stress; Recruits

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAVY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34447513690     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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