Memory, attention, function, and mood among patients with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder.
We report a study of memory, attention, function, and mood among 36 male Vietnam War Veterans suffering from chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD subjects (N = 36) were in good physical health, suffering from moderate depression, and not knowingly suffering from other mental disorders....
| Publicado en: | Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease Vol. 188; no. 12; pp. 818 - 824 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Dec2000
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