Can Sudden, Severe Emotional Loss Be a Traumatic Stressor?

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-528

  Carlson, Eve B ^a   Smith, Steve R ^b   Dalenberg, Constance J ^c  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic criteria; posttraumatic stress; PTSD; stressor criterion; trauma; traumatic stress; traumatic stressors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CRITERION VARIABLE; DISASTER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUDDEN DEATH; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84887966308     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2013.773475     Document Type: Article

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