A longitudinal study of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and generalized anxiety disorder in israeli civilians exposed to war trauma

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-330

  Neria, Yuval ^a   Besser, Avi ^b   Kiper, Dasha ^c   Westphal, Maren ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WAR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954591973     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20522     Document Type: Article

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