Trauma and post-traumatic stress symptoms in former German child soldiers of World War II

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1014-1018

  Kuwert, Philipp ^a   Spitzer, Carsten ^a   Rosenthal, Jenny ^a   Freyberger, Harald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child soldiers; PDS; Post traumatic stress disorder; War trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; VETERANS; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 50149100438     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610208007035     Document Type: Article

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