1998
Psychological benefits and liabilities of traumatic exposure in the war zone
Fontana A, Rosenheck R. Psychological benefits and liabilities of traumatic exposure in the war zone. Journal Of Traumatic Stress 1998, 11: 485-503. PMID: 9690189, DOI: 10.1023/a:1024452612412.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
An Etiological Model of Attempted Suicide Among Vietnam Theater Veterans
FONTANA A, ROSENHECK R. An Etiological Model of Attempted Suicide Among Vietnam Theater Veterans. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1995, 183: 377-383. PMID: 7798086, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199506000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-seeking sampleVietnam theater veteransCommunity sampleEtiological modelsTraumatic military experiencesTheater veteransPsychiatric symptomsStructural equation modelingSimilarity of findingsSignificant pathsEquation modelingBetter parsimonyHigh fitDirection of causationCausal pathsVeteransTeam ProgramAttempted SuicideMilitary experienceCommunity-based modelSuicideGeneralizabilitySymptomsSubsequent attemptsAmbiguity
1992
War Zone Traumas and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology
FONTANA A, ROSENHECK R, BRETT E. War Zone Traumas and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1992, 180: 748-755. PMID: 1469372, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199212000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderConstellation of symptomsWar-zone stressorsPosttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatologyGeneral psychiatric distressVietnam theater veteransDiagnostic criteriaPsychiatric distressWar-zone traumaSuicide attemptsVeterans AffairsStress disorderInjuryClinical understandingTheater veteransCurrent symptomatologyDeathSymptomsTraumaDisorder symptomatologySymptomatologyObjective measuresVeteransNational evaluationTraumatic experiences