Post-traumatic stress disorder as a consequence of severe road traffic accidents;Il disturbo post-traumatico da stress come conseguenza di gravi incidenti stradali

Minerva Psichiatrica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Bellomo, A ^a,b,d   De Giorgi, A ^a   Petito, A ^b   Cammeo, C ^b   Lepore, A ^a   Borrelli, A ^a   Nardini, M ^c  

^a ASL FG/3   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d C/o SPDC Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain injuries, traumatic; Head injuries; Stress disorder, post traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; THREAT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 33748775488     PISSN: 03911772     EISSN: 18271731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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