The adjustment of hospitalised Vietnam veterans.
The psychosocial adjustment of 126 Vietnam veterans admitted to the psychiatric unit of a Veterans' Affairs hospital was compared with age and diagnosis matched non-veteran controls. Violent behaviour and heavy alcohol use were common in Vietnam veterans. In other domains of personal and social adjustment the veterans and controls did not differ.
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D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001315:Australia; D004243:Divorce; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D014744:Vietnam; D014754:Violence