Post-traumatic stress disoder, 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 hospitalised soldiers evacuated from the Liberian and Sierra-Leonean wars in which Nigerians were involved as peace keepers. The relationships between PTSD, survivor guilt and substan...

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Main Authors: G T Okulate, O B E Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2006-03-01
Series:South African Journal of Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/53