Post-traumatic stress symptoms in relatives in the first weeks after severe traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-265

  Pielmaier, Laura ^a   Walder, Bernhard ^b   Rebetez, Marie My Lien ^b   Maercker, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

distress; family; Head injury; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; STRESS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 79751487909     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.542429     Document Type: Article

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