Posttraumatic stress, family adjustment, and treatment preferences among national guard soldiers deployed to OEF/OIF

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-131

  Khaylis, Anna ^a   Polusny, Melissa A ^a,b,c   Erbe, Christopher R ^a,c   Gewirtz, Abigail ^d   Rath, Michael ^e  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e Minnesota Army National Guard   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVIL DEFENSE; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MANPOWER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CIVIL DEFENSE; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951533333     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00094     Document Type: Article

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