Demographic and clinical characteristics of motor vehicle accident victims in the community general health outpatient clinic: A comparison of PTSD and non-PTSD subjects

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 244-250

  Kupchik, Marina ^a   Strous, Rael D ^b,c   Erez, Rina ^c   Gonen, Noach ^a   Weizman, Abraham ^c,d   Spivak, Baruch ^a,c  

^a NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEER YAAKOV MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anxiety; Depression; Motor vehicle accident; MVA related PTSD; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICIAN ADMINISTERED POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER SCALE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; IMPULSIVITY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA RATING SCALE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 34447556843     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20189     Document Type: Article

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