Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in south african adolescents: A case-control study of cognitive deficits

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-250

  Schoeman, Renata ^a   Carey, Paul ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 65549106936     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31819d9533     Document Type: Article

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