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Sexual Violence, Post‐traumatic Stress Disorder and Dementia
Author(s) -
McCartney James R.,
Severson Karen
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00982.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , traumatic stress , psychiatry , injury prevention , population , poison control , clinical psychology , medical emergency , disease , pathology , environmental health
Little is known of Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in older people. No literature exists on this disorder in older women exposed to sexual assault. A case of apparent PTSD in a demented 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.