The roles of combat exposure, personal vulnerability, and involvement in harm to civilians or prisoners in vietnam-war- related posttraumatic stress disorder

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-238

  Dohrenwend, Bruce P ^a,b,c   Yager, Thomas J ^b   Wall, Melanie M ^a,b,c   Adams, Ben G ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat exposure; Diagnosis; Harm; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Traumatic stressor; Vietnam War; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890146520     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702612469355     Document Type: Article

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