Attachment organization in Vietnam combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-57

  Nye, Ella ^a,b   Katzman, Jeffrey ^b   Bell, Jordan B ^a   Kilpatrick, Julie ^b,c   Brainard, Marythelma ^d   Haaland, Kathleen Y ^a,b,e  

^a NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c C G Jung Institute of Santa Fe   (United States)

^d New Mexico Association for Infant Mental Health   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Attachment Interview; Attachment organization; Combat veterans; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Unresolved loss

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOURNING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VETERAN;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEREAVEMENT; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 41449116025     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730701868613     Document Type: Article

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