Predicting the development of posttraumatic stress disorder from the acute response to a traumatic event

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1305-1313

  Yehuda, Rachel ^a,d   McFarlane, Alexander C ^b   Shalev, Arieh Y ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Psychiatry 116A   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress response; Animal models; Cortisol; Longitudinal studies; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Startle

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGNOSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032535185     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(98)00276-5     Document Type: Article

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