Relationships among PTSD symptoms, social support, and support source in veterans with chronic PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-401

  Laffaye, Charlene ^a,b   Cavella, Steven ^c   Drescher, Kent ^d   Rosen, Craig ^b,c,d  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sierra Pacific MIRECC   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; RELATIVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 52249114887     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20348     Document Type: Article

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