Posttraumatic stress and aggression among veterans in long-term care

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-71

  Carlson, Eve B ^a,b   Lauderdale, Sean ^c   Hawkins, James ^b   Sheikh, Javaid I ^b,d  

^a National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Pittsburgh State University   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Elderly; Long term care; Posttraumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ANGER; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VETERANS;

EID: 39149095557     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988707311557     Document Type: Article

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