Media triggers of post-traumatic stress disorder 50 years after the Second World War

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 862-867

  Hilton, Claire ^a,b  

^a Drugs North West   (United Kingdom)

^b Elderly Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delayed onset; Elderly; Media; Post traumatic stress disorder; Second World War

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOM; WAR;

AGED; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NEWSPAPERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0030764839     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199708)12:8<862::AID-GPS595>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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