Acute Stress Reactions: Can Biological Responses Predict Posttraumatic Stress Disorder?

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 668-674

  Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONDITIONING; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EXPOSURE; FEAR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

EID: 1842506090     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900008853     Document Type: Review

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