Trait dissociation predicts posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in a prospective study of urban police officers

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 912-918

  McCaslin, Shannon E ^a,b,d   Inslicht, Sabra S ^a,b   Metzler, Thomas J ^a,b   Henn Haase, Clare ^a,b   Maguen, Shira ^a,b   Neylan, Thomas C ^a,b   Choucroun, Gerard ^c   Marmar, Charles R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissociation; Police officers; Traumatic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; TRAINING; INJURY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149265622     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31818ec95d     Document Type: Article

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