Memory and prefrontal functions in earthquake survivors: Differences between current and past post-traumatic stress disorder patients

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-44

  Eren Kocak E ^a,d   Kilic C ^a   Aydin, I ^b   Hizli, F G ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NPIstanbul Neuropsychiatry Hospital   (Turkey)

^d 2064 MBNI Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Memory; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prefrontal functions; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SURVIVOR; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TURKEY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 57449083800     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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