Psychophysiological correlates of peritraumatic dissociative responses in survivors of life-threatening cardiac events

Psychopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-248

  Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^a,b   Marten Mittag, Birgitt ^a   Deisenhofer, Isabel ^c   Hofmann, Birgit ^a   Schapperer, Johannes ^a   Weyerbrock, Sonja ^c   Erazo, Natalia ^a   Schmitt, Claus ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Peritraumatic dissociation; Post traumatic stress disorder; Startle experience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STARTLE REFLEX; TRAUMATIC SHOCK;

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SKIN; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0036378804     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000063825     Document Type: Article

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