Post-traumatic stress disorder in a Danish population of elderly bereaved

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 439-445

  Elklit, Ask ^a,b   O'Connor, Maja ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Elderly bereaved; Peritraumatic factors; PTSD; Social support; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; BEREAVEMENT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 26444617170     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2005.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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