Psychiatry Research
Volume 109, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , 31 January 2002

Motivation to serve in the military influences vulnerability to future posttraumatic stress disorder

  • Zeev Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Mental Health, Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Mark Weiser

      Affiliations

    • Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Psychiatry Department, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • ,
  • Abraham Reichenberg

      Affiliations

    • Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Psychiatry Department, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • ,
  • Jonathan Rabinowitz

      Affiliations

    • Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
    • ,
  • Asaf Caspi

      Affiliations

    • Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Psychiatry Department, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • ,
  • Ehud Bodner

      Affiliations

    • Division of Mental Health, Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Joseph Zohar

      Affiliations

    • Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Psychiatry Department, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972-353-03300; fax: +972-353-52788

Received 1 May 2001 ,Revised 6 December 2001 ,Accepted 7 December 2001.

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Psychiatry Research
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