Can posttraumatic stress disorder be prevented with glucocorticoids?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1032, Issue , 2004, Pages 158-166

  Schelling, Gustav ^a,b   Roozendaal, Benno ^a   De Quervain, Dominique J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Glucocorticoids; Hydrocortisone; Intensive care unit; PTSD; Stress; Traumatic memory

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NIGHTMARE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RAT; RECALL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14544271351     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1314.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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