Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Memory and Learning Performance in Children and Adolescents

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-388

  Yasik, Anastasia E ^a   Saigh, Philip A ^b   Oberfield, Richard A ^c   Halamandaris, Phill V ^c  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; children; memory; PTSD; trauma; WRAML

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WIDE RANGE ASSESSMENT OF MEMORY AND LEARNING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33846186865     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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