Posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive function: Findings from the mind your heart study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1063-1070

  Cohen, Beth E ^a,d   Neylan, Thomas C ^b,e   Yaffe, Kristine ^b,c,e   Samuelson, Kristin W ^b,e,f   Li, Yongmei ^a,d   Barnes, Deborah E ^b,c,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV-TR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING SPEED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84889241948     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.12m08291     Document Type: Article

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