Multiple Deployments and Combat Trauma: Do Homefront Stressors Increase the Risk for Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms?

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-97

  Interian, Alejandro ^a,b   Kline, Anna ^a,b   Janal, Malvin ^c   Glynn, Shirley ^d,e   Losonczy, Miklos ^f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893776015     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21885     Document Type: Article

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