Predictors of treatment response in Canadian combat and peacekeeping veterans with military-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 639-645

  Richardson, J Don ^a,b   Elhai, Jon D ^c   Sarreen, Jitender ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b National Centre for Operational Stress Injuries   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^d Operational Stress Injury Clinic   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

military veterans; Posttraumatic stress disorder; predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMISSION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERAN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CANADA; COMBAT DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS;

EID: 80052467957     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318229ce7b     Document Type: Review

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