Effects of terrorist attacks on the elderly - Part II: Posttraumatic stress, acute stress, and affected disorders

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Hall, Ryan C W ^a   Hall, Richard C W ^b   Chapman, Marcia ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERRORISM;

EID: 33749595403     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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