Work-related outcomes among female veterans and service members after treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1072-1079

  Schnurr, Paula P ^a,b   Lunney, Carole A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84870002693     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100415     Document Type: Article

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