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Sexual violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dementia
Author(s)James R McCartney, Karen Severson
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 45, no 1, January 1997
Pagespp 76-78
KeywordsStress ; Anxiety ; Crime ; Dementia ; Older women ; Case studies ; United States of America.
AnnotationLittle is known of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in older people, and no literature exists on this disorder in older women exposed to sexual assault. A case of apparent PTSD in a demented 82-year-old woman raises questions of the anatomy and phenomenology of this disorder. Difficulties in diagnosis in a demented population may cloud the issues or prevent a proper therapeutic outcome. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-970812238 A
ClassmarkQNH: ENP: TWA: EA: BD: 69P: 7T

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