Late-life emergence of early-life trauma: The phenomenon of late-onset stress symptomatology among aging combat veterans

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-114

  Davison, Eve H ^a,b   Pless, Anica P ^a,g   Gugliucci, Marilyn R ^c,d,e   King, Lynda A ^a,e   King, Daniel W ^a,b,e   Salgado, Dawn M ^a,h   Spiro III, Avron ^a,d,e,f   Bachrach, Peter ^a,i  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Combat trauma; Combat veterans; Focus group research; Life course effects of trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THINKING; VETERAN;

EID: 29744444883     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027505281560     Document Type: Article

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