PTSD among bereaved parents following the violent deaths of their 12- to 28-year-old children: A longitudinal prospective analysis

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-291

  Murphy, Shirley A ^a   Braun, Tom ^a   Tillery, Linda ^b   Cain, Kevin C ^a   Johnson, L Clark ^a   Beaton, Randal D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereaved parents; PTSD; Violent death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033003428     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024724425597     Document Type: Article

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