Vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder and psychological morbidity in aged holocaust survivors

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 968-979

  Brodaty, Henry ^a,b   Joffe, Charmaine ^b   Luscombe, Georgina ^c   Thompson, Claire ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Defense style; Holocaust survivors; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 5744248603     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1195     Document Type: Article

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