Posttraumatic stress disorder across two generations: Concordance and mechanisms in a population-based sample

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 505-511

  Roberts, Andrea L ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Austin, S Bryn ^a,c,d   Cerda, Magdalena ^a   Wright, Rosalind J ^d   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^d   Koenen, Karestan C ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; epidemiology; family studies; posttraumatic stress disorder; trauma; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84865228096     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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