Treatment of recent trauma survivors with benzodiazepines: A prospective study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 390-394

  Gelpin, Euvgenia ^a   Bonne, Omer ^a   Peri, Tuvia ^a   Brandes, Dalia ^a   Shalev, Arieh Y ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPRAZOLAM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; BENZODIAZEPINES; CLONAZEPAM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029744009     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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