A prospective study of trait anger and PTSD symptoms in police

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 410-416

  Meffert, Susan M ^a   Metzler, Thomas J ^b   Henn Haase, Clare ^b   McCaslin, Shannon ^a   Inslicht, Sabra ^b   Chemtob, Claude ^c   Neylan, Thomas ^a   Marmar, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANGER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 52249100341     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20350     Document Type: Article

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