The impact of tonic immobility reaction on the prognosis of posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 224-228

  Lima, Alessandra A ^a   Fiszman, Adriana ^a   Marques Portella, Carla ^a   Mendlowicz, Mauro V ^b   Coutinho, Evandro S F ^c   Maia, Deborah C B ^a   Berger, William ^a   Rocha Rego, Vanessa ^a   Volchan, Eliane ^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

Dissociation; Drug therapy; Panic; Peritraumatic reactions; Prognosis; PTSD; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; MILNACIPRAN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; PHYSICAL REACTIONS SUBSCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST CIVILIAN VERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TONIC IMMOBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77049087030     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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