Relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and the course of whiplash complaints

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 681-689

  Buitenhuis, Jan ^a,b   de Jong, Peter J ^c   Jaspers, Jan P C ^b   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a Medical Department   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Hyperarousal; Post whiplash syndrome; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Vigilance; Whiplash associated disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AROUSAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, ACCIDENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33750463746     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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