Evaluating PTSD prevalence and resilience factors in a predominantly Asian American and pacific islander sample of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1062-1068

  Whealin, Julia M ^a,b   Stotzer, Rebecca ^c   Nelson, Dawna ^a,c   Li, Fenfang ^b,c   Liu Tom, Hsin Tine T ^a   Pietrzak, Robert H ^b,d,e  

^a National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Cultural norms; Ethnicity; Racial differences; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COPING BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERAN;

COMBAT; CULTURAL NORMS; ETHNICITY; PTSD; RACIAL DIFFERENCES; RESILIENCE;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84888379199     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.05.044     Document Type: Article

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