Violent behaviour and post-traumatic stress disorder in us iraq and afghanistan veterans

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 368-375

  Elbogen, Eric B ^a,b   Johnson, Sally C ^a   Wagner, H Ryan ^c   Sullivan, Connor ^a   Taft, Casey T ^d,e   Beckham, Jean C ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Education   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA National Center for PTSD   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANGER; ARMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; VETERAN; VIOLENCE; COMBAT DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899712694     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.134627     Document Type: Article

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