PTSD among military personnel

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-165

  Creamer, Mark ^a,b   Wade, Darryl ^a   Fletcher, Susan ^a   Forbes, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE; PROPRANOLOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLDIER; WAR;

COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 79955557212     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2011.559456     Document Type: Article

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