Tonic and phasic heart rate as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-261

  O'Donnell, Meaghan L ^a,b,c   Creamer, Mark ^a,b   Elliott, Peter ^a,b   Bryant, Richard ^c  

^a Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Heart rate; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychophysical arousal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BRAIN INJURIES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OXIMETRY; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34247492114     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3180417d04     Document Type: Article

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