Pharmcotherapy for Older Veterans Diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans Administration

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 804-812

  Mohamed, Somaia ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Benzodiazepine; Pharmacotherapy; PTSD; SSRI

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LITHIUM; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PRAZOSIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; VETERAN; CLASSIFICATION; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 58849093736     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318173f617     Document Type: Article

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