Relationships between memory inconsistency for traumatic events following 9/11 and PTSD in disaster restoration workers

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 557-561

  Giosan, Cezar ^a   Malta, Loretta ^a   Jayasinghe, Nimali ^a   Spielman, Lisa ^b   Difede, JoAnn ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Forgetting; PTSD; Remembering; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RECALL;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 62649086049     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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