Documented combat-related mental health problems in military noncombatants

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 674-681

  Peterson, Alan L ^a   Wong, Vanessa ^a   Haynes, Margaret F ^b   Bush, Anneke C ^a   Schillerstrom, Jason E ^c  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WAR;

EID: 78650240109     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20585     Document Type: Article

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