Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in older people after a fall

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 955-964

  Chung, Man Cheung ^a   McKee, Kevin J ^b   Austin, Chris ^c   Barkby, Helen ^b   Brown, Hayley ^b   Cash, Sophie ^b   Ellingford, Jenny ^b   Hanger, Liz ^b   Pais, Tara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute PTSD; Chronic PTSD; Falls; Fear of falling; Older people; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 70350784326     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2201     Document Type: Article

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