Disaster-related posttraumatic stress symptoms and sustained attention: Evaluation of depressive symptomatology and sleep disturbances as mediators

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-302

  Meewisse, Marie Louise ^a   Nijdam, Mirjam J ^a   De Vries, Giel Jan ^a   Gersons, Berthold P R ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^b,c   Van Der Velden, Peter G ^b   Roskam, Albert Jan ^b   Christiaanse, Berdi ^b   Drogendijk, Annelieke N ^b   Olff, Miranda ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDER; ATTENTION; EXPLOSION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33749364422     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20037     Document Type: Article

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