The role of intimate relationships, appraisals of military service, and gender on the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms following Iraq deployment

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 277-286

  Skopp, Nancy A ^a   Reger, Mark A ^a   Reger, Greg M ^a   Mishkind, Matthew C ^a   Raskind, Murray ^b   Gahm, Gregory A ^a  

^a National Center for Telehealth and Technology   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958195826     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20632     Document Type: Article

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