Impact of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder on the quality of life of war survivors

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 430-435

  Bravo Mehmedbašić, Alma ^a   Kučukalić, Abdulah ^a   Kulenović, Alma Džubur ^a   Suljić, Enra ^a  

^a KLINICKI CENTAR UNIVERZITETA U SARAJEVU   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Chronic PTSD; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PROMAZINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; WAR; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COMBAT DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERAN;

ADULT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 77957718494     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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