Diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in Viet Nam veterans: preliminary findings.
Sixty-six Viet Nam veterans were evaluated for posttraumatic stress disorder. Several of the DSM-III criteria for the disorder, but no other clinical features, distinguished patients diagnosed as having the disorder from others. The findings tend to validate the DSM-III construct for this disorder.
D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic / Q000592:standards; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014481:United States; D014729:Veterans Disability Claims; D014744:Vietnam