The Legislative Response to PTSD in the United States (1989-2009): A Content Analysis

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 501-508

  Purtle, Jonathan ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

DISASTERS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 84911870134     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21948     Document Type: Article

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