The physician's role in Managing acute stress disorder

American Family Physician

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 643-649

  Kavan, Michael G ^a   Elsasser, Gary N ^a   Barone, Eugene J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; RISPERIDONE;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84867259523     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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