Stress sensitization following a disaster: A prospective study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1675-1686

  Smid, G E ^a   Van Der Velden, P G ^b,c   Lensvelt Mulders, G J L M ^d   Knipscheer, J W ^a,e   Gersons, B P R ^a,f   Kleber, R J ^a,b,e  

^a Foundation Centrum 45/Arq   (Netherlands)

^b Institute for Psychotrauma   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d University for Humanistics   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disasters; post traumatic stress disorder; stress responsiveness; stress sensitization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISASTERS; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863913943     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002765     Document Type: Article

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