Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in the elderly: Findings from a German community study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 693-700

  Spitzer, Carsten ^a,c   Barnow, Sven ^b   Völzke, Henry ^a   John, Ulrich ^a   Freyberger, Harald J ^a   Grabe, Hans Joergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

EID: 45249099770     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0501     Document Type: Article

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