The impact of forced displacement in World War II on mental health disorders and health-related quality of life in late life-a German population-based study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-319

  Freitag, Simone ^a   Braehler, Elmar ^b   Schmidt, Silke ^a   Glaesmer, Heide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

forced displacement; older adults; PTSD; quality of life; World War II

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED DISPLACEMENT; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; WAR; WIDOW; WIDOWER;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84871485917     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001585     Document Type: Article

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