Trauma-Related Guilt: Conceptual Development and Relationship With Posttraumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 134-141

  Browne, Kendall C ^a,b   Trim, Ryan S ^c,d   Myers, Ursula S ^e   Norman, Sonya B ^d,f,g  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^g Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPRESSION; GUILT; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927136231     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21999     Document Type: Article

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