Early traumatic stress reactions among Swedish survivors of the m/s Estonia disaster

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 713-716

  Eriksson, Nils Gustaf ^a,b   Lundin, Tom ^a  

^a National Centre for PTSD

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISASTER; DISSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DISASTERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SHIPS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029856872     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.6.713     Document Type: Article

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