Military-related PTSD and intimate relationships: From description to theory-driven research and intervention development

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 707-714

  Monson, Candice M ^a,b   Taft, Casey T ^b   Fredman, Steffany J ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Couple; Family; Intimate relationship; Military; OEF OIF; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY SERVICE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; VICTIM; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COMBAT DISORDERS; FAMILY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 70449521457     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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