Memory impairments in posttraumatic stress disorder are related to depression

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 464-474

  Johnsen, Grethe E ^a   Kanagaratnam, Pushpa ^a   Asbjørnsen, Arve E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

CVLT; Depression; Memory; PTSD; Refugees; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RECALL; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 40649084564     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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