Attempting suppression of traumatic memories over extended periods in acute stress disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 899-907

  Guthrie, Rachel ^a   Bryant, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Avoidance; Cognition; PTSD; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; THINKING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRESSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THINKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034286983     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00120-5     Document Type: Article

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