The attachment characteristics of combat veterans with PTSD

Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Renaud, Edwin F ^a,b  

^a Outreach and Engagement Project   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment anxiety; Attachment avoidance; Cognitive distortions; Combat veterans; Hyperarousal; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849091975     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534765608319085     Document Type: Article

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