Peritraumatic tonic immobility predicts a poor response to pharmacological treatment in victims of urban violence with PTSD

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 193-197

  Fiszman, Adriana ^a   Mendlowicz, Mauro V ^b   Marques Portella, Carla ^a   Volchan, Eliane ^a   Coutinho, Evandro S ^c   Souza, Wanderson F ^c   Rocha, Vanessa ^a   Lima, Alessandra A ^a   Salomão, Fernanda P ^a   Mari, Jair J ^d   Figueira, Ivan ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder; Tonic immobility; Treatment outcome; Violence

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MILNACIPRAN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST CIVILIAN VERSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL ABUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONIC IMMOBILITY; TONIC IMMOBILITY SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 39649107348     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.07.015     Document Type: Article

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