The Adjustment of Hospitalised Vietnam Veterans
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 20 (1) , 77-81
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00048678609158868
Abstract
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.Keywords
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