Medical comorbidity of full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder in us adults: Results from wave 2 of the national epidemiologic survey on alcohol and related conditions

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 697-707

  Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b   Goldstein, Risë B ^c   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b   Grant, Bridget F ^c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; comorbidity; epidemiology; medical illness; posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FULL POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; GASTRITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERVIEW; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONCIRRHOTIC LIVER DISEASE; PARTIAL POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH ULCER; TACHYCARDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053906153     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182303775     Document Type: Review

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