Posttraumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life in pension-seeking Canadian World War II and Korean War veterans

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1099-1101

  Richardson, J Don ^a,b   Long, Mary E ^c   Pedlar, David ^d   Elhai, Jon D ^e  

^a Operational Stress Injury Clinic   (United States)

^b National Centre for Operational Stress Injury   (Canada)

^c Education   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOM; VETERAN; WAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMBAT DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREAN WAR; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PENSIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 77956001367     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09l05920blu     Document Type: Letter

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