Elderly people coping with the aftermath of war: Resilience versus vulnerability

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 391-401

  Kimhi, Shaul ^a   Hantman, Shira ^a   Goroshit, Marina ^a   Eshel, Yohanan ^a,b   Zysberg, Leehu ^a  

^a TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age and gender; Individual and public resilience; Posttraumatic recovery,senior citizens; Senior resiliency; Senior vulnerability; Stress symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INVENTORY CONTROL; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RATING SCALE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WAR;

EID: 84860217810     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31821106b3     Document Type: Article

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