Is tonic immobility the core sign among conventional peritraumatic signs and symptoms listed for PTSD?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 269-273

  Rocha Rego, Vanessa ^a   Fiszman, Adriana ^a   Portugal, Liana Catarina ^b   Garcia Pereira, Mirtes ^b   de Oliveira, Letícia ^b   Mendlowicz, Mauro V ^b   Marques Portella, Carla ^a   Berger, William ^a   Freire Coutinho, Evandro Silva ^c   Mari, Jair J ^d   Figueira, Ivan ^a   Volchan, Eliane ^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

Dissociation; Panic; Peritraumatic reactions; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Predictor; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM; TONIC IMMOBILITY; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 62649173697     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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