Longitudinal assessment of gender differences in the development ofPTSD among US military personnel deployed in support of the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 30-36

  Jacobson, Isabel G ^a   Donoho, Carrie J ^a,b   Crum Cianflone, Nancy F ^a   Maguen, Shira ^c,d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Gender; Military; PTSD; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHECKLIST; COMBAT EXPERIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAQ; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PTSD PATIENT CHECKLIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL TIME; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937937507     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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