Late-life exacerbation of PTSD symptoms in US veterans: Results from the national health and resilience in veterans study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 348-354

  Mota, Natalie ^a,b   Tsai, Jack ^a,c,d   Kirwin, Paul D ^a,b   Harpaz Rotem, Ilan ^a,b   Krystal, John H ^a,b   Southwick, Steven M ^a,b   Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c Stress Disorder   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

AGED; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84963541131     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.15m10101     Document Type: Article

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