Posttraumatic Stress: A Concept Analysis

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-219

  Nayback, Ann Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CONCEPT FORMATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMBAT DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NURSING THEORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549110261     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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