Post-traumatic stress disoder, survivor guilt and substance use - a study of hospitalised Nigerian army veterans
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, survivor guilt and substance use--a study of hospitalised Nigerian army veterans.
OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and survivor guilt in a sample of hospitalized soldiers evacuated from the Liberian and Sierra-Leonean wars in which Nigerians were involved as peace keepers. The relationships between PTSD, survivor guilt and substance use were also investigated. DESIGN A socio-demographic data questionnaire, the PTSD checklist...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 2078-6786,1608-9685
DOI: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v12i1.53