Posttraumatic nightmares and psychopathology in children after road traffic accidents

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 232-239

  Wittmann, Lutz ^a   Zehnder, Daniel ^b   Schredl, Michael ^c   Jenni, Oskar G ^b   Landolt, Markus A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77954548445     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20514     Document Type: Article

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