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  • Title: A study of post traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans.
    Author: Pearce KA, Schauer AH, Garfield NJ, Ohlde CO, Patterson TW.
    Journal: J Clin Psychol; 1985 Jan; 41(1):9-14. PubMed ID: 3973046.
    Abstract:
    Three groups of Vietnam-era veterans were compared on the frequency of symptoms typical of the diagnostic criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), a diagnostic category introduced in DSM III (N = 90). The three groups consisted of veterans who had experienced (a) a war-related traumatic event; (b) a non-war-related traumatic event; or (c) no traumatic event. The results indicated that the two groups who experienced a traumatic event reported significantly more symptoms than the group who never experienced a traumatic event. Furthermore, the group who experienced a war-related traumatic event reported more symptoms than the group who experienced a non-war-related traumatic event. These results support the validity of PTSD.
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