Review of VA/DOD clinical practice guideline on management of acute stress and interventions to prevent posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 637-648

  Nash, William P ^a   Watson, Patricia J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR PTSD   (United States)

^c National Center for Child Traumatic Stress   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress disorder; Acute stress response; Clinical practice guideline; Combat and operational stress response; Crisis intervention; Early intervention; Military; Psychological first aid; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FIRST AIDS; MILITARY; PTSD; STRESS DISORDERS; STRESS RESPONSE; VETERANS;

DIAGNOSIS;

DISEASES;

ACUTE STRESS; ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY STRESS; FIRST AID; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL CARE; SPIRITUAL CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84868348465     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2011.10.0194     Document Type: Article

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