Posttraumatic stress disorder and risk of dementia among US veterans

  • Yaffe, K., Vittinghoff, E., Lindquist, K., Barnes, D., Covinsky, K. E., Neylan, T., … Marmar, C. (2010). Posttraumatic stress disorder and risk of dementia among US veterans. Archives of General Psychiatry, 67(6), 608–613. https://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.61

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.61

Authors

Yaffe, Kristine
Vittinghoff, Eric
Lindquist, Karla
Barnes, Deborah
Covinsky, Kenneth E.
Neylan, Thomas
Kluse, Molly
Marmar, Charles

Publication Type

Article

Focus Terms

Mental health
Physical health

Branch of Service

Multiple branches

Military Affiliation

Veteran

Subject Affiliation

Veteran

Population

Adulthood (18 yrs & older)
Middle age (40 - 64 yrs)
Aged (65 yrs & older)
Very old (85 yrs & older)

Methodology

Quantitative Study

Journal

Archives of General Psychiatry

Keywords

aged
cohort studies
combat disorders
diagnosis
epidemiology
comorbidity
craniocerebral trauma
dementia
depressive disorder
female
humans
life change events
longitudinal studies
male
middle aged
military personnel
statistics & numerical data
proportional hazards models
retrospective studies
risk factors
stress disorders
post-traumatic
united states department of veterans affairs
veterans

Sponsors

US Department of Defense, US, Grant Number: W81XWH-05-2-0094
National Institute on Aging, US, Grant Number: AG031155
Anonymous Foundation

Publisher/Sponsoring Organization

American Medical Association

Author Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, KY
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, EV
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, KL
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, DB
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, KEC
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, TN
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, MK
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, CM

URL

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/210821

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