Early intervention may prevent the development of posttraumatic stress disorder: A randomized pilot civilian study with modified prolonged exposure

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 957-963

  Rothbaum, Barbara Olasov ^a   Kearns, Megan C ^a   Price, Matthew ^b   Malcoun, Emily ^a   Davis, Michael ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^a,d   Lang, Delia ^c   Houry, Debra ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; early intervention; memory consolidation; prolonged exposure; PTSD; secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CHECKLIST; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; IMMEDIATE STRESS REACTION CHECKLIST; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MODIFIED PROLONGED EXPOSURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PTSD SYMPTOM SCALE INTERVIEW VERSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868207837     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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