Long-term outcomes of disability benefits in US veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1072-1080

  Murdoch, Maureen ^a   Sayer, Nina A ^a,b   Spoont, Michele R ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert ^c   Noorbaloochi, Siamak ^a   Griffin, Joan M ^a   Arbisi, Paul A ^a,b   Hagel, Emily M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM; VETERAN; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DATA COLLECTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; PROPENSITY SCORE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS;

EID: 80053470037     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.105     Document Type: Article

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