Comorbidity of PTSD and depression in Korean War veterans: Prevalence, predictors, and impairment

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 279-286

  Ikin, Jillian F ^a   Creamer, Mark C ^b   Sim, Malcolm R ^a   McKenzie, Dean P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Combat exposure; Depression; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; KOREA; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN; WAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; KOREAN WAR; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 77954358226     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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