The Relationship Between Course of PTSD Symptoms in Deployed U.S. Marines and Degree of Combat Exposure

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-78

  Boasso, Alyssa M ^a   Steenkamp, Maria M ^b   Nash, William P ^c   Larson, Jonathan L ^a   Litz, Brett T ^a,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Boston VA Research Institute Inc ^*  (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NAVAL MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923082477     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21988     Document Type: Article

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