Posttraumatic stress symptomatology and thought control strategies in victims of motor vehicle accidents;Posttraumatische belastungssymptomatik und gedankenkontrollstrategien bei verkehrsunfallopfern

Verhaltenstherapie

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 190-198

  Poldrack, A ^a,d   Maercker, A ^b   Margraf, J ^b   Kloten, D ^c   Gavlik, J M ^c   Zwipp, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b Klin Psychologie und Psychotherapie

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Psychotherapeutische P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle accident victims; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychotraumatology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033400306     PISSN: 10166262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030700     Document Type: Article

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