Posttraumatic stress disorder and its comorbidity with depression and somatisation in the elderly - A German community-based study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 403-412

  Glaesmer, Heide ^a   Kaiser, Marie ^a   Bräehler, Elmar ^a   Freyberger, Harald J ^b   Kuwert, Philipp ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

comorbidity; depression; elderly; PTSD; somatisation; trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84859721670     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.615740     Document Type: Article

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