A civilian social worker's guide to the treatment of war-induced PTSD

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-72

  Yarvis, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD treatment approaches; Wounds of war

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOPATHY; SOLDIER; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 78751479833     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2010.518856     Document Type: Article

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