Posttraumatic stress disorder and Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: Progress in a time of controversy

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 671-673

  Marx, Brian P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREER; COMPENSATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FEAR; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOLDIER; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 70449517503     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.02.004     Document Type: Editorial

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