Late-onset posttraumatic stress disorder following a disaster: A longitudinal study

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-322

  Smid, Geert E ^a   Van Der Velden, Peter G ^b,c   Gersons, Berthold P R ^a,d   Kleber, Rolf J ^a,d,e  

^a Foundation Centrum '45   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

disaster; late onset; posttraumatic stress disorder; risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863946289     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023868     Document Type: Article

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