A prospective study of sex differences in the lifetime risk of post-traumatic stress disorder among abused and neglected children grown up

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 566-574

  Koenen, Karestan C ^a   Widom, Cathy Spatz ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749114789     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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