Psychological mechanisms in acute response to trauma

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 779-788

  McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Dissociation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; CHRONICITY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY TEST; POPULATION EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037407247     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01663-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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