@article{ref1,
title="Effects of a Vietnam War Memorial pilgrimage on veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="1995",
author="Watson, C. G. and Tuorila, J. and Detra, E. and Gearhart, L. P. and Wielkiewicz, R. M.",
volume="183",
number="5",
pages="315-319",
abstract="We compared the scores of Vietnam veterans in treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder on the Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder just before, just after, and 6 months after they participated in a pilgrimage to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC. Significant short-term improvement was reported on Mississippi total scores and on 10 of its 35 items. The number of items showing significant improvement between the initial assessment and the 6-month follow-up did not exceed chance, but significant variance increases appeared on 8 of 35 items. This suggests that the pilgrimage led to a) short-term improvements on several posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and b) long-term improvements for some participants, but equally large exacerbations for others on a subset of symptoms.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}