Posttraumatic stress disorder is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome in an impoverished urban population

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Weiss, Tamara ^a   Skelton, Kelly ^c   Phifer, Justine ^a   Jovanovic, Tanja ^a   Gillespie, Charles F ^a   Smith, Alicia ^a   Umpierrez, Guillermo ^a   Bradley, Bekh ^a,c   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,b,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Child abuse; Childhood maltreatment; Depression; Minority; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychiatry; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79956035554     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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