Delayed-onset PTSD among war veterans: The role of life events throughout the life cycle

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 863-870

  Horesh, Danny ^a   Solomon, Z ^a   Zerach, G ^a   Ein Dor, T ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Life events; PTSD; War trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; TIME; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 80052328729     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0255-6     Document Type: Article

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