VIETNAM VETERANS IN THE GENERAL-HOSPITAL - 7 YEARS LATER

Vietnam era veterans who were originally part of a sample of 300, were surveyed in 1982 and again in 1989. There were significant increases in symptom scores in 5 of 20 questions for the combat veteran subgroup from 1982 to 1989. The avoidance group of symptoms had the highest sc ores in 1989. Combat veterans continued to be more symptomatic than th eir non-combat contemporaries. Vietnam veterans estimate of combat act ivity differed with the passage of time.