Startle reactivity in the long-term after severe accidental injury: Preliminary data

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 570-574

  Schumacher, Sonja ^a   Schnyder, Ulrich ^a   Furrer, Michael ^a,b   Mueller Pfeiffer, Christoph ^a,c,d   Wilhelm, Frank H ^e   Moergeli, Hanspeter ^a   Oe, Misari ^a,f   Martin Soelch, Chantal ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Geriatric Psychiatry   (Switzerland)

^c Center of Education and Research COEUR   (Switzerland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Psychophysiology; Startle; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPEREKPLEXIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STARTLE REFLEX; SURVIVOR; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINKING; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INJURY SCALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX, STARTLE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84886952508     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.06.034     Document Type: Article

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