Elevated resting heart rate as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder after severe traumatic brain injury

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 760-761

  Bryant, Richard A ^a   Marosszeky, Jeno E ^b   Crooks, Jenelle ^b   Gurka, Joseph A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Heart rate; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AMNESIA; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 4944227442     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000138121.13198.84     Document Type: Article

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