The link between post-traumatic stress disorder and physical comorbidities: A systematic review

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-97

  Qureshi, Salah U ^a,b   Pyne, Jeffrey M ^c,d   Magruder, Kathy M ^e,f   Schulz, Paul E ^a,b   Kunik, Mark E ^a,b,g  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical comorbidities; Post traumatic stress disorder; Specific physical disorders

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECZEMA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPILEPSY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRAQ; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDLINE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSORIASIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID DISEASE; ULCER; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VETERAN;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 67349207366     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-009-9096-4     Document Type: Article

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