Posttraumatic stress disorder, poor physical health and substance use behaviors in a national trauma-exposed sample

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-395

  Del Gaizo, Ariel L ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^b   Weaver, Terri L ^c  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

National Comorbidity Survey Replication; Physical health; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Structural equation modeling; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960697575     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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