Executive deficits in chronic PTSD related to political violence

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 510-525

  Kanagaratnam, Pushpa ^a   Asbjørnsen, Arve E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; Immigrants and refugees; Political violence; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34247464616     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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