Subsyndromal posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with health and psychosocial difficulties in veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 739-744

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

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Partial PTSD; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychosocial; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VETERAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; CONNECTICUT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VETERANS;

EID: 68149106169     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20574     Document Type: Article

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