Does posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affect performance?

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 701-704

  LeBlanc, Vicki R ^a,b,c,f   Regehr, Cheryl ^b   Jelley, R Blake ^d,e   Barath, Irene ^d,e  

^a Orange Transport Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Ontario Police College   (Canada)

^e Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

^f Wilson Centre for Research in Education   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance; PTSD; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34547864979     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31811f4481     Document Type: Article

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