From trauma to PTSD: Beliefs about sensations, symptoms, and mental illness

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1456-1465

  Spoont, Michele R ^a,b   Sayer, Nina ^a,b,c   Friedemann Sanchez, Greta ^b   Parker, Louise E ^d   Murdoch, Maureen ^a,b   Chiros, Christine ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research   (United States)

^d VA Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiences; Illness and disease; Mental health and illness; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SENSATION; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 70350036066     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309348370     Document Type: Article

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