Posttraumatic stress symptoms, dissociation, and alexithymia in an Italian sample of flood victims

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 2281-2284

  Craparo, Giuseppe ^a   Gori, Alessio ^b   Mazzola, Elvira ^a   Petruccelli, Irene ^a   Pellerone, Monica ^a   Rotondo, Giuseppe ^c  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Istituto San Raffaele Giuseppe Giglio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Peritraumatic dissociation; Posttraumatic symptoms; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISASTER VICTIM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES SCALE; FEMALE; FLOODING; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; PERITRAUMATIC DISSOCIATION; PERITRAUMATIC DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE;

EID: 84919398934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S74317     Document Type: Article

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