Psychological resilience and postdeployment social support protect against traumatic stress and depressive symptoms in soldiers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 745-751

  Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b   Johnson, Douglas C ^c   Goldstein, Marc B ^d   Malley, James C ^d   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Resilience; Social support; Soldiers; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; CONNECTICUT; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERANS;

EID: 68149089848     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20558     Document Type: Article

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