The Combat Experience Log: A web-based system for the in theater assessment of war zone stress

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 794-800

  Lee, Han Joo ^a   Goudarzi, Katy ^b   Baldwin, Brian ^b   Rosenfield, David ^c   Telch, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Army soldiers; Assessment; Combat experiences; Iraq; Military; PTSD; War zone stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMBAT EXPERIENCE LOG; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957886610     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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