PTSD in the older bereaved people

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-318

  O'Connor, Maja ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic PTSD; Old age bereavement; Predictors of bereavement outcome; PTSD frequency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77951969801     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903228770     Document Type: Article

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