Posttraumatic stress disorder in the emergency room: Exploration of a cognitive model

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-65

  Laposa, J M ^a   Alden, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Cognitive model; Emergency room; Peritraumatic dissociation; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0037213541     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00123-1     Document Type: Article

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