Posttraumatic stress disorder and aging

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-129

  Khouzam, Hani Raoul ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Central California Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anxiety disorders; Pharmacological treatment; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychosocial; PTSD; Spiritual

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN; SERTRALINE;

AGING; BIOLOGY; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; FORGIVENESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VETERAN; AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGING; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 56149093005     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2008.09.1913     Document Type: Review

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