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Diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder in Viet Nam veterans: preliminary findings

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.5.694

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.

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