PTSD research: The association of veterans' PTSD with secondary trauma stress among veterans' spouses

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 636-644

  Ahmadi, Khodabakhsh ^a   Azampoor Afshar, Seddigeh ^a   Karami, Gholamreza ^a   Mokhtari, Arastoo ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

posttraumatic stress disorder; secondary trauma stress; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY TRAUMA STRESS; SPOUSE; VETERAN;

EID: 80052490460     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2011.595761     Document Type: Article

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