Attachment representations in Dutch veterans with and without deployment-related PTSD

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 515-536

  Harari, D ^a,b   Bakermans Kranenburg, M J ^c   de Kloet, C S ^b   Geuze, E ^d,e   Vermetten, E ^d,e   Westenberg, H G M ^e   van IJzendoorn, M V ^c  

^a Psychotrauma Diagnostic Centre   (Netherlands)

^b Altrecht Institute of Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Research Centre Military Mental Healthcare   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AAI; CAPS; PTSD; Trauma; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT RELATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; VETERAN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949138398     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: 14692988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730903282480     Document Type: Article

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