Risk factors for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in SARS survivors

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 590-598

  Mak, Ivan Wing Chit ^a   Chu, Chung Ming ^a   Pan, Pey Chyou ^a   Yiu, Michael Gar Chung ^a   Ho, Suzanne C ^b   Chan, Veronica Lee ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder; Risk factors; SARS survivors; Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78649523823     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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