Lifetime traumatic experiences and their impact on PTSD: A general population study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 525-532

  Lukaschek, Karoline ^a,c   Kruse, Johannes ^a,b   Emeny, Rebecca Thwing ^c   Lacruz, Maria Elena ^c   Von Eisenhart Rothe, Alexander ^c   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^c,d  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

General population study; Germany; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIOLENCE; WAR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84876414261     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0585-7     Document Type: Article

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