PTSD symptoms, demographic characteristics, and functional status among veterans treated in VA primary care clinics

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-301

  Magruder, Kathryn M ^a   Frueh, B Christopher ^a   Knapp, Rebecca G ^b   Johnson, Michael R ^c   Vaughan III, James A ^b   Carson, Toni Coleman ^a   Powell, Donald A ^b   Hebert, Renée ^b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

functioning status; primary care; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WAR;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 4444256693     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOTS.0000038477.47249.c8     Document Type: Article

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