Direct and indirect links between childhood maltreatment, posttraumatic stress disorder, and women's health

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 125-136

  Lang, Ariel ^a   Aarons, Gregory ^a,c   Gearity, James ^d   Laffaye, Charlene ^a   Satz, Leslie ^d   Dresselhaus, Timothy ^a   Stein, Murray ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Child and Adolescent Services Research Center   (United States)

^d CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood maltreatment; Health outcomes; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sexual trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VICTIM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 42949136478     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/BMED.33.4.125-136     Document Type: Article

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