Does posttraumatic stress disorder exist in Swiss elderly people?;Gibt es posttraumatische belastungsstörungen bei älteren schweizerinnen und schweizern?

Schweizer Archiv fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 64-68

  Maercker, Andreas ^a   Pielmaier, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Prevalence; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENE SWITCHING; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VIOLENCE; WAR;

EID: 77950930780     PISSN: 02587661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/sanp.2010.02141     Document Type: Article

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