Posttraumatic growth in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 230-235

  Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b   Goldstein, Marc B ^c   Malley, James C ^c   Rivers, Alison J ^a,b   Johnson, Douglas C ^d   Morgan III, Charles A ^a,b   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Posttraumatic growth; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychosocial; Resilience; Social support; Trauma; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FREEDOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LINEAR MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 77956265110     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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