Pattern of cognitive impairment in older veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder evaluated at a memory disorders clinic

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 637-642

  Scott MacKin, R ^a   Lesselyong, Julia A ^a   Yaffe, Kristine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive deficits; cognitive impairment; executive dysfunction; information processing speed; language; learning; memory; older adults; posttraumatic stress disorder; single trial learning; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84859922170     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2763     Document Type: Article

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