Prevalence of delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder in military personnel: Is there evidence for this disorder?: Results of a prospective UK cohort study

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 429-437

  Goodwin, Laura ^a   Jones, Margaret ^a   Rona, Roberto J ^a   Sundin, Josefin ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a   Fear, Nicola T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohort study; delayed onset; military; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861026943     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31825322fe     Document Type: Review

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