Aging and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0880485132 ISBN 13 : 9780880485135

Editeur : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Aging and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) explores the psychological sequelae of severe trauma in elderly patients and the manifestations in old age of psychological symptoms secondary to trauma experienced earlier in life. Although methodological issues have made the scientific study of PTSD difficult, a number of well-designed research projects have begun to identify some of the key factors of aging and PTSD. Do elderly patients respond differently to stress than younger people, and do the effects of early stress change over time? These questions are the focus of the book's 22 contributors. Research with World War II combat veterans, Holocaust survivors, elderly victims of trauma, and abused elderly persons provides new insight into why they might experience trauma differently than younger individuals. Longitudinal data collected over a 14-year period provide a fascinating comparison of psychological distress and PTSD among older and younger people.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul E. Ruskin, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at the Baltimore Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland. John A. Talbott, M.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland. He is the editor or coeditor of numerous books in psychiatry, including a book about posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0880485132
• ISBN 13: 9780880485135
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Éditeur: Ruskin MD Paul E., Talbott MD John A.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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