Functional quality of life in full versus partial posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gellis, Les A ^a   Mavandadi, Shahrzad ^a   Oslin, David W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; VETERAN;

EID: 78650544454     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.09m00823blu     Document Type: Article

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