Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in the files of Australian servicemen hospitalized in 1942-1952

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-17

  Watson, Paddy Burges ^a,b   Daniels, Brett ^b  

^a Hobart Pathology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Military psychiatry; Post traumatic stress disorder; World War II veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOM; VETERAN; WAR;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BOMBS; COMBAT DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DREAMS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASMANIA; THINKING; VETERANS; WORLD WAR II; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38549140547     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560701616213     Document Type: Article

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