The correspondence between persistent self-reported post-traumatic problems and general practitioners' reports after a major disaster

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-202

  Drogendijk, Annelieke N ^a   Dirkzwager, Anja J E ^b   Grievink, Linda ^c   van der Velden, Peter G ^a   Marcelissen, Frans G H ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^a  

^a Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; VICTIM;

ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BURNS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846513952     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706009093     Document Type: Article

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