PTSD and Physical Health

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Ryder, Annie L ^a,b   Azcarate, Patrick M ^b   Cohen, Beth E ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Chronic disease; Comorbidity; Mechanisms; Physical health; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85055612654     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-018-0977-9     Document Type: Review

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