Traumatic dissociation as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder in South African female rape survivors

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2015, Pages

  Nöthling, Jani ^a   Lammers, Kees ^a,b   Martin, Lindi ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Early Detection and Intervention Team   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC DISSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84929659430     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000744     Document Type: Article

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