Dissociative responses in the immediate aftermath of the Oakland/Berkeley firestorm

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 521-540

  Koopman, Cheryl ^a   Classen, Catherine ^a   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute; disaster; dissociation; fire; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0029862217     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02103662     Document Type: Article

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