Acute Stress Disorder in Physical Assault Victims Visiting a Danish Emergency Ward

Violence and Victims

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-472

  Elklit, Ask ^a,c   Brink, Ole ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b rhus C   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK; TIME; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0142040230     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/vivi.2003.18.4.461     Document Type: Article

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