Sleep quality in treatment-seeking veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: The role of cognitive coping strategies and unit cohesion

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 441-448

  Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b   Morgan, Charles A ^a,b   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Coping; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sleep; Social support; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AROUSAL; COGNITION; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77957895391     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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