The contribution of stressful life events throughout the life cycle to combat-induced psychopathology

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 318-325

  Solomon, Zahava ^a   Zur Noah, Shlomit ^a   Horesh, Danny ^a   Zerach, Gadi ^a   Keinan, Giora ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEBANON; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMBAT DISORDERS; CONTROL GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEBANON; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VETERANS; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 46949083826     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20340     Document Type: Article

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