Posttraumatic stress disorder among injured survivors of a terrorist attack: Predictive value of early intrusion and avoidance symptoms

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 505-509

  Shalev, Arieh Y ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AROUSAL; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0026440679     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199208000-00005     Document Type: Article

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