The nature of trauma memories in acute stress disorder in children and adolescents

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 560-570

  Salmond, C H ^a   Meiser Stedman, R ^a   Glucksman, E ^b   Thompson, P ^b   Dalgleish, T ^c   Smith, P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; memory; pathology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954600423     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02340.x     Document Type: Article

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