Gender differences in the relationship between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder following motor vehicle accidents

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-229

  Bryant, Richard A ^a   Harvey, Allison G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Gender; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0037648905     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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