REM sleep and the early development of posttraumatic stress disorder

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1696-1701

  Mellman, Thomas A ^a   Bustamante, Victoria ^a   Fins, Ana I ^a   Pigeon, Wilfred R ^a   Nolan, Bruce ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REM SLEEP; RESUSCITATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAKEFULNESS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036789183     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.10.1696     Document Type: Article

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