The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in relatives of severe trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-186

  Pillai, Lalitha V ^a   Ambike, D ^a   Husainy, S ^a   Vaidya, N ^a   Kulkarni, S D ^a   Aigolikar, S ^a  

^a Lokmanya Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological symptoms; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERAROUSAL; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATIC EPILEPSY;

EID: 33750094314     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.27860     Document Type: Article

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