PTSD and trauma in Austria's elderly: influence of wartime experiences, postwar zone of occupation, and life time traumatization on today's mental health status—an interdisciplinary approach

PTSD and trauma in Austria's elderly: influence of wartime experiences, postwar zone of occupation, and life time traumatization on today's mental health status—an interdisciplinary approach

Background: While in recent years epidemiological studies on World War (WW) II-related traumatization and prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in elderly persons have been conducted for various European countries, for Austria, these numbers are unknown. Objective: The focus of this epi...

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Main Authors: Tobias M. Glück, Ulrich S. Tran, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-07-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Subjects:
World War 2
epidemiology
subthreshold PTSD
elderly
general population
Online Access:http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net/index.php/ejpt/article/view/17263/pdf_1

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