The psychosocial adjustment of 126 Vietnam veterans admitted to the psychiatric unit of a Veterans' Affairs hospital was compared with age and diagnosis matched non-veteran controls. Violent behaviour and heavy alcohol use were common in Vietnam veterans. In other domains of personal and social adjustment the veterans and controls did not differ.
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