Acute stress disorder in older, middle-aged and younger adults in reaction to the second Lebanon war

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-40

  Cohen, Miri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Elder adults; Middle aged adults; Trauma; War; Yunger adults

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; WAR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 38749099469     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1832     Document Type: Article

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