Not supposed to feel this: Traditional masculinity in psychotherapy with male veterans returning from afghanistan and iraq

Psychotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-305

  Lorber, William ^a   Garcia, Hector A ^b,c  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Masculinity; Military veterans; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prolonged exposure

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; IRAQ; MASCULINITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX ROLE; SOCIALIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77958114835     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021161     Document Type: Article

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