Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)
- Volume 2 Issue 1
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- Pages.9-16
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- 2006
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- 2586-0151(pISSN)
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- 2586-0046(eISSN)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Elderly
노인에서의 외상 후 스트레스 장애
- Ryu, Seong-Gon (Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Medical College, Kang Dong Sacred Heart Hospital)
- 류성곤 (한림대학교 의과대학 신경정신과학교실)
- Received : 2005.04.28
- Accepted : 2005.06.07
- Published : 2006.06.30
Abstract
As an aging population is increasing, more elderly people are exposed to traumatic stress. Although this issue has received more attention in some literature, it is clear that numerous questions exist in aftermath of trauma exposure in elderly people. In case of Korean elderly suffers, traumatic experience includes the Korean war, military dictatorship and violent demonstration. Studies regarding elderly PTSD is not active and a lot of patients are not still engaged in treatment. We suggest that concerns that are unique to this population are necessary.